CVE-2016-0774

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-02
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in acertain Linux kernel backport in the linux package before 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 on Debian wheezy and the kernel package before 3.10.0-229.26.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 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

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.4
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3528	2016-03-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-0494	2016-03-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3528	2016-03-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3528	2016-03-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3528	2016-03-23