CVE-2018-5856

kernel: Use-after-free in sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm.c allows for kernel panic

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 3, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a use-after-free in sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm.c due to a race condition. An attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel panic or other potential unspecified impact.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free