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CVE-2017-5550

Published: Feb 6, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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Description

Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116

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vdb-entry

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5

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