FKIE_CVE-2015-1420
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-16 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:22
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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