CVE-2015-1805

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-06-02

Description

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c inthe Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an I/O

See more information about CVE-2015-1805 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-1042	2015-06-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-1042-1	2015-06-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-406.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2015-1042-1	2015-06-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-406.el5)	ELSA-2015-1042	2015-06-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-406.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2015-1042-1	2015-06-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-406.el5)	ELSA-2015-1042	2015-06-02
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3098	2015-11-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-1081	2015-06-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3098	2015-11-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3098	2015-11-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-1137	2015-06-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3098	2015-11-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0147	2015-11-13

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