Security Advisory - Improper Resource Management Vulnerability on Huawei Smartphones

There is an improper resource management vulnerability on Huawei smartphones. The software does not properly manage the resource when do device register operation. An attacker tricks the user who has root privilege to install a crafted application, successful exploit could cause certain service unavailable. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-08144)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17327.

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-20171220-03-smartphone-en