High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5873
CVE-2018-5873
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: before security patch level 2018-07-05
- Range: <4.11
- Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Androidv5Range: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01nvdVendor Advisory
- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinnvdThird Party Advisory
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