CVE - CVE-2018-5873

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-5873	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An issue was discovered in the __ns_get_path function in fs/nsfs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. Due to a race condition when accessing files, a Use After Free condition can occur. This also affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 CONFIRM:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 CONFIRM:https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b CONFIRM:https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
Assigning CNA
Qualcomm, Inc.
Date Record Created
20180119	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180119)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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