Bug 1819371 (CVE-2019-9442) - CVE-2019-9442 kernel: memory corruption due to use after free in mnh driver leads to local privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2019-9442 kernel: memory corruption due to use after free in mnh driver l...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-9442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1819373
Blocks: 1750356 1819372
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-31 19:03 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2020-05-07 18:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-16 18:25:01 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2020-03-31 19:03:44 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in mnh driver in Kernel where there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System privileges required. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-03-31 19:04:51 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1819373]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2020-04-01 14:30:05 UTC 
Another android driver that is not upstream.
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