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Security Advisory - Use-after-free Vulnerability in Android Kernel

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder
  • Initial Release Date: Oct 30, 2019
  • Last Release Date: Aug 05, 2020

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in binder.c of Android kernel. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker elevate the privilege. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-10100)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-2215.

 

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-en


Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

ALP-AL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.162(C00E156R2P4)

10.0.0.162(C00E156R2P4)

ALP-TL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.162(C01E156R1P4)

10.0.0.162(C01E156R1P4)

Anne-AL00

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.126(C00E126R1P7T8)

9.1.0.126(C00E126R1P7T8)

Ares-AL00B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.165(C00E165R2P5T8)

9.1.0.165(C00E165R2P5T8)

Ares-AL10D

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.165(C00E165R2P5T8)

9.1.0.165(C00E165R2P5T8)

Ares-TL00CHW

8.2.0.163(C01R2P1)

9.1.0.165(C866E165R2P4T8)

BLA-AL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.170(C786E170R2P4)

10.0.0.170(C786E170R2P4)

BLA-L29C

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.300(C432E4R1P11T8)

9.1.0.300(C432E4R1P11T8)

BLA-TL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.170(C01E170R1P4)

10.0.0.170(C01E170R1P4)

Barca-AL00

Versions earlier than 8.0.0.377(C00)

8.0.0.377(C00)

Berkeley-L09

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.351(C432E5R1P13T8)

9.1.0.351(C432E5R1P13T8)

Berkeley-TL10

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.333(C01E333R1P1T8)

9.1.0.333(C01E333R1P1T8)

Columbia-AL00A

8.1.0.186(C00GT)

Columbia-AL10B 9.1.0.321(C00E320R1P1T8)

Columbia-L29D

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.325(C432E4R1P12T8)

9.1.0.325(C432E4R1P12T8)

Cornell-TL10B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.321(C01E320R1P1T8)

9.1.0.321(C01E320R1P1T8)

Duke-L09I

Versions earlier than 9.0.1.171(C675E6R1P5T8)

9.0.1.171(C675E6R1P5T8)

Dura-AL00A

Versions earlier than 1.0.0.190(C00)

1.0.0.190(C00)

Figo-AL00A

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C00E115R2P8T8)

Figo-AL10B 9.1.0.130(C00E115R2P8T8)

Florida-AL20B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.128(C00E112R1P6T8)

9.1.0.128(C00E112R1P6T8)

Florida-L03

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.154(C605E7R1P2T8)

Florida-L23 9.1.0.154(C605E7R1P2T8)

Florida-L21

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.154(C605E7R1P2T8)

Florida-L23 9.1.0.154(C605E7R1P2T8)

Florida-L22

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.150(C636E6R1P5T8)

9.1.0.150(C636E6R1P5T8)

Florida-TL10B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.128(C01E112R1P6T8)

9.1.0.128(C01E112R1P6T8)

HUAWEI Mate RS

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.321(C786E320R1P1T8)

9.1.0.321(C786E320R1P1T8)

HUAWEI P20

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.312(C00E312R1P1T8)

9.1.0.312(C00E312R1P1T8)

HUAWEI P20 lite

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.200(C605E4R1P3T8)

9.1.0.200(C605E4R1P3T8)

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.200(C635E5R1P1T8)

9.1.0.200(C635E5R1P1T8)

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.246(C432E6R1P7T8)

9.1.0.246(C432E6R1P7T8)

HUAWEI Y9 2019

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.297(C605E4R1P1T8)

9.1.0.297(C605E4R1P1T8)

HUAWEI nova 2s

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.210(C01E110R1P9T8)

9.1.0.210(C01E110R1P9T8)

HUAWEI nova 3

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.351(C00E351R1P1T8)

9.1.0.351(C00E351R1P1T8)

HUAWEI nova 3e,HUAWEI P20 lite

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.200(C636E4R1P5T8)

9.1.0.200(C636E4R1P5T8)

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.201(C636E4R1P5T8)

9.1.0.201(C636E4R1P5T8)

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.201(ZAFC185E4R1P8T8)

9.1.0.201(ZAFC185E4R1P8T8)

Honor View 20

Versions earlier than 10.1.0.214(C10E5R4P3)

10.1.0.214(C10E5R4P3)

Jakarta-AL00A

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.260(C00E120R2P2)

9.1.0.260(C00E120R2P2)

Johnson-TL00D

8.2.0.165(C01R1P16)

9.1.0.219(C01E18R3P2T8)

Leland-AL10B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)

9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)

Leland-L21A

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.156(C185E5R1P5T8)

9.1.0.156(C185E5R1P5T8)

Leland-L32A

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.153(C675E6R1P4T8)

Leland-L42C 9.1.0.153(C675E6R1P4T8)

Leland-TL10B

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C01E112R2P10T8)

9.1.0.130(C01E112R2P10T8)

Leland-TL10C

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C01E112R2P10T8)

Leland-TL10B 9.1.0.130(C01E112R2P10T8)

LelandP-AL00C

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)

9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)

LelandP-L22C

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.156(C636E5R1P5T8)

Leland-L21A 9.1.0.156(C636E5R1P5T8)

NEO-AL00D

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.321(C786E320R1P1T8)

9.1.0.321(C786E320R1P1T8)

Princeton-AL10B

Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11)

10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11)

Rhone-AL00

Versions earlier than 8.0.0.376(C00)

8.0.0.376(C00)

Stanford-L09

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.211(C635E2R1P4T8)

9.1.0.211(C635E2R1P4T8)

Stanford-L09S

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.210(C432E2R1P5T8)

9.1.0.210(C432E2R1P5T8)

Sydney-AL00

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.212(C00E62R1P7T8)

9.1.0.212(C00E62R1P7T8)

Sydney-TL00

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.212(C01E62R1P7T8)

9.1.0.212(C01E62R1P7T8)

SydneyM-AL00

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.212(C00E62R1P7T8)

9.1.0.212(C00E62R1P7T8)

Tony-AL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E59R2P11)

10.0.0.175(C00E59R2P11)

Tony-TL00B

Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C01E59R2P11)

10.0.0.175(C01E59R2P11)

Yale-AL00A

Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R8P12)

10.1.0.160(C00E160R8P12)

Yale-L21A

Versions earlier than 10.1.0.231(C10E3R3P2)

10.1.0.231(C10E3R3P2)

Yale-TL00B

Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R8P12)

10.1.0.160(C01E160R8P12)

honor 9i

Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)

9.1.0.130(C00E112R2P10T8)



By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can elevate the privilege.


The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 7.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

Overall Score: 7.2

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker has successfully tricked a user into installing the malicious application.

Vulnerability details:

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in binder.c of Android kernel. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker elevate the privilege.

The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.

The vulnerability was disclosed by Google.

2020-08-05 V1.4 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-07-29 V1.3 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-07-15 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-04-08 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2019-10-30 V1.0 INITIAL


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