Memory Allocation Failure in Secure Pool Leading to Kernel Panic

CVE-2018-11987 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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