Race Condition in drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit() Can Lead to Use After Free Vulnerability in Android Releases

CVE-2018-5845 · HIGH Severity

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

A race condition in drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit() in the display driver can potentially lead to a Use After Free scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

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