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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-03-16T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.589Z

Reserved: 2015-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1420

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-16T10:59:06.007

Modified: 2016-12-28T02:59:03.993

Link: CVE-2015-1420

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1420 - Bugzilla