CVE-2018-9388

Summary

CVE-2018-9388 is a vulnerability affecting the touchscreen drivers in the Linux kernel. Specifically, in the functions store_upgrade and store_cmd of drivers/input/touchscreen/stm/ftm4_pdc.c, there are out-of-bound writes that occur due to a lack of bounds checks or integer underflows. These issues can be exploited to escalate privileges, potentially leading to significant security risks for affected systems. It is recommended that users apply the relevant patches to mitigate this vulnerability.

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