CVE-2018-11270
HIGHAndroid - Use-After-Free in devm_kzalloc Memory Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, memory allocated with devm_kzalloc is automatically released by the kernel if the probe function fails with an error code. This may result in data corruption.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=d475e1aba3f8be3b135199014549ff9d5c315e1d
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
9.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Products (1)
google/android
Published
Sep 18, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026