CVE-2017-5550 in Kernelinfo

Summary

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.

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Reservation

01/20/2017

Disclosure

02/06/2017

Status

Confirmed

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