Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-1420
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2660-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/12 (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2665-1 (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2661-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)