CVE-2015-1420

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 16 Mar 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Mar 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 8%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.18.9

References (14)