Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.9.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005727
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5550  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.9.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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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