CVE-2018-5848

NameCVE-2018-5848
DescriptionIn the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1715-1, DLA-1731-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.11.9-1fixed
sid6.11.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcejessie3.16.64-1DLA-1731-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.144-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.16.5-1
linux-4.9sourcejessie4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1DLA-1715-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/b5a8ffcae4103a9d823ea3aa3a761f65779fbe2a (4.16-rc1)

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