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CVE-2015-1420
Published: Mar 16, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3170
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-2660-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20150129 CVE-2015-1420 - Linux kernel fs/fhandle.c race condition
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-2665-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[linux-kernel] 20150128 [PATCH v2] vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
SUSE-SU-2015:1611
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2661-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2015:1382
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187534
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SU-2015:1478
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
72357
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-2667-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2015:1224
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2015:1592
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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