Race Condition Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.18.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004466
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-1420  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.18.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1