net/socket.c in the Linux kernel 3.19 before 3.19.3 does not validate certain range data for (1) sendto and (2) recvfrom system calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a subsystem that uses the copy_from_iter function in the iov_iter interface, as demonstrated by the Bluetooth subsystem.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-02T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.286Z

Reserved: 2015-03-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-2686

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:11.453

Modified: 2016-06-27T23:57:09.427

Link: CVE-2015-2686

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2686 - Bugzilla