PT-2020-8729
CVE-2018-21085
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Published
2020-04-08
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Updated
2020-04-10
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x) software
Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software
Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software
Description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices, which involves a race condition with a resultant use-after-free in
vnswap deinit backing storage.Recommendations
For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.x) software, update to a version that fixes the issue.
For Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software, update to a version that fixes the issue.
For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, update to a version that fixes the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the
vnswap deinit backing storage function until a patch is available. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾