| 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 bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-246-1, DSA-3290-1 |
| NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie | 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 3.16.81-1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4.9.210-1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.98-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.4.19-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 5.5.13-2 | 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 | |||
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 | DSA-3290-1 | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze12 | 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)