CVE-2018-5873

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362 CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualcomm, Inc.	Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android	All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434bThird Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinThird Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01Vendor Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434bThird Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 6, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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