In the Android kernel in the mnh driver there is a race condition due to insufficient locking.

Published 7 y ago 2019-09-06 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.4

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.1%

percentile 3%

Public exploits

none known

In the Android kernel in the mnh driver there is a race condition due to insufficient locking. This could lead to a use-after-free which could lead to escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	6.4	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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`

Affected products

n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
CWE-416 Use After Free

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2019-9271
NVD: CVE-2019-9271

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