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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-06T06:04:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.336Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5550

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.667

Modified: 2017-02-09T19:15:53.033

Link: CVE-2017-5550

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5550 - Bugzilla