CVE-ID

CVE-2015-1420

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Description
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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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150129 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150129)
Votes (Legacy)
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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