WLAN Host Driver Interface Array Bounds Check Vulnerability

CVE-2018-11299 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, when WLAN FW has not filled the vdev id correctly in stats events then WLAN host driver tries to access interface array without proper bound check which can lead to invalid memory access and as a side effect kernel panic or page fault.

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