High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-11987

Description

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, if there is an unlikely memory alloc failure for the secure pool in boot, it can result in wrong pointer access causing kernel panic.

Affected products

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

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/12/03/december-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinnvdPatchThird Party Advisory

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