High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-15856

Description

Due to a race condition while processing the power stats debug file to read status, a double free condition can occur in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

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Affected products

Google/Android for MSMllm-create
Range: <2018-06-05
Qualcomm/Android for MSMllm-fuzzy
Range: <2018-06-05
Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Androidv5
Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel

Patches

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References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01nvdPatchVendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/nvdPatch
www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinnvdPatchThird Party Advisory

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