| Name | CVE-2017-5550 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.9.6-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.9)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.9)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb (4.10-rc4)
Introduced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/241699cd72a8489c9446ae3910ddd243e9b9061b (4.9-rc1)