Security Advisory - Double Free Vulnerability on Smartphones

There is a double free vulnerability on certain driver of smartphones. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which makes multiple processes to operate the same resource at the same time. Successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-11019)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5219.

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-20190130-01-smartphone-en