CVE-2018-9400

Summary

CVE-2018-9400 is a vulnerability affecting the gt1x_debug_write_proc and gt1x_tool_write functions in the GT1151 touchscreen drivers (gt1x_generic.c and gt1x_tools.c). These functions contain a missing bounds check, which could result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue can lead to local privilege escalation, granting the attacker System execution privileges without requiring user interaction.

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