CVE-2015-1420

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-01-28
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in theLinux 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3516	2017-02-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3516	2017-02-09
Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0041	2017-02-09