CVE-2017-5550

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5550
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-06 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-09 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-5550 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
fix a fencepost error in pipe_advance() · torvalds/linux@b9dc6f6 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1416116 – CVE-2017-5550 kernel: Information leak due to fencepost error in pipe_advance() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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