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CVE-2018-5873

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelAndroid

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Android· Google
95%
All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
3.19 ≤ v < 4.1.504.10 ≤ v < 4.114.2 ≤ v < 4.4.1164.5 ≤ v < 4.9.82
Affected range stops below 4.1.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.116, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.82, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin

CVSS

7HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-416

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