Device Tree Size Bypass Vulnerability in Android Releases from CAF

CVE-2018-5890 · MEDIUM Severity

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

If the fdt_totalsize is reported as 0 for the current device tree, it bypasses an error check for a valid device tree in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

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