In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, race condition in diag_dbgf…

published 2018-03-16 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7256

cvss: 7.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, race condition in diag_dbgfs_read_dcistats(), while accessing diag_dbgfs_dci_data_index, causes potential heap overflow.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2e1b54e38f1516e70d9f658… commit

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=2e1b54e38f1516e70d9f6581c4f1ee935effb903
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-15834
NVD CVE-2017-15834

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary