| Name | CVE-2015-1805 |
| Description | 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-246-1, DSA-3290-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: local) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | wheezy | 3.2.78-1 | fixed |
| wheezy (security) | 3.2.93-1 | fixed | |
| jessie | 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 | fixed | |
| jessie (security) | 3.16.43-2+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4.9.51-1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 4.13.4-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.16.2-2 | high | ||
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 | high | DSA-3290-1 | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | high | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze12 | high | DLA-246-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0d1bec9d58d4c038d0ac958c9af82be6eb18045 (v3.16-rc1)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=637b58c2887e5e57850865839cc75f59184b23d1 (v3.15-rc1)