CVE-2019-10618
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDriver may access an invalid address while processing IO control due to lack of check of address validation in Snapdragon Connectivity in QCA6390
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA driver in Snapdragon Connectivity (QCA6390) fails to validate addresses properly when processing IO control requests, allowing the driver to access invalid memory addresses due to missing address validation checks.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify QCA6390 hardware presenceRun 'lspci | grep -i qualcomm' or check system logs/dmesg for QCA6390 or Snapdragon Connectivity device entriesAffected if The system contains a QCA6390 wireless adapter or Snapdragon Connectivity component
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Check wireless driver moduleRun 'lsmod | grep -i ath' or 'iw list' to identify the wireless driver in use and its associated firmwareAffected if The driver loaded is associated with QCA6390 firmware and exposes IOCTL interfaces
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Verify IOCTL interface accessibilityCheck /dev or /sys for network device nodes (e.g., wlan0) and inspect driver ioctl handler availability via 'ethtool -i <interface>' or similar driver info toolsAffected if A wireless interface exists and the driver exposes IOCTL handlers for request processing
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Confirm firmware version if exposedCheck /lib/firmware or use 'cat /sys/class/net/*/device/firmware_version' if available, or review boot logs for 'QCA6390' firmware loading messagesAffected if The firmware version string indicates QCA6390 or Snapdragon Connectivity firmware is loaded (all versions are affected)
A system is affected if it contains QCA6390 hardware with the vulnerable driver that processes IO control requests without proper address validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor-provided firmware/driver patch from Qualcomm for the Snapdragon Connectivity component. No user-configurable workarounds are available for driver-level address validation flaws.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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