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CVE-2018-5873 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]
CWE-416	Use After Free	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	>= 3.19, < 4.1.50 >= 4.2, < 4.4.116 >= 4.5, < 4.9.82 >= 4.10, < 4.11
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 19, 2023	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 8, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]