CVE-2017-5550

kernel: Information leak due to fencepost error in pipe_advance()

Published Feb 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.

Analysis

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14651 Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3361-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:04 PM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2017, 6:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:20 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 15, 2017, 12:00 AM