| Name | CVE-2018-5848 |
| Description | In 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1715-1, DLA-1731-1, ELA-111-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.99-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.10.6-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.10.7-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.303-1~deb8u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.64-1 | DLA-1731-1 | ||
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.144-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.16.5-1 | |||
| linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1 | DLA-1715-1 |
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/b5a8ffcae4103a9d823ea3aa3a761f65779fbe2a (4.16-rc1)