CVE-2015-1420

2015-03-1600:00:00

ubuntu.com

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.4%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1416503>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.04 preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-87.125UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-57.95UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.10noarchlinux< 3.16.0-43.58UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchlinux< 3.19.0-22.22UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1653.74UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-57.95~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1467.88UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-87.125	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-57.95	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.10	noarch	linux	< 3.16.0-43.58	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	linux	< 3.19.0-22.22	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1653.74	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-57.95~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-vivid	< 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1467.88	UNKNOWN