CVE-2017-11019 Denial of service in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
A file descriptor leak in the Qualcomm Android kernel causes failures during the exit sequence, potentially leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-11019?
CVE-2017-11019 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the fd allocated during the get_metadata was not closed even though the buffer allocated to the fd was freed. This resulted in a failure during exit sequence.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f8wv-9r86-v5m3.