Google Android Linux Kernel service_locator_send_msg double free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Android. Affected by this vulnerability is the function service_locator_send_msg of the component Linux Kernel. Such manipulation leads to double free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-11032. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function service_locator_send_msg of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a double free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-415. The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a double free can occur when kmalloc fails to allocate memory for pointers resp/req in the service-locator driver function service_locator_send_msg().

The bug was discovered 11/08/2017. The weakness was presented 11/16/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-11032 since 07/07/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-104449, VDB-109492, VDB-109498 and VDB-109499 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Double free
CWE: CWE-415 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

07/07/2017 🔍
11/08/2017 +124 days 🔍
11/16/2017 +8 days 🔍
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11/17/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2019 +750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-11032 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109538
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/17/2017 08:09
Updated: 12/07/2019 15:42
Changes: 11/17/2017 08:09 (61), 12/07/2019 15:42 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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