CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5550
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory