The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an "I/O vector array overrun."
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2015-08-08T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.310Z
Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1805
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2015-08-08T10:59:00.113
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:26:10.950
Link: CVE-2015-1805
Redhat