Description
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, double free of memory allocation is possible in Kernel when it explicitly tries to free that memory on driver probe failure, since memory allocated is automatically freed on probe.
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/pixel/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=83a44ca6057bf9c1e36515cded28edc32a4a1501
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.4%
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