CVE - CVE-2015-2686

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2686	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:73286 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73286 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205242 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea MISC:http://grsecurity.net/~spender/viro.txt MISC:http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579050211605102592 MISC:http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579060953477701632 MISC:http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579075689439059968 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150323 CVE Request: Linux kernel: sys_sendto/sys_recvfrom does not validate the user provided ubuf pointer URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/14
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150323	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 (20150323)
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