CVE-2015-1420
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-16 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bbf09d273de206fedb1988695f135fb6f14d14d88b9b4750a7434c38473b31ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3170http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2660-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2660-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150129 CVE-2015-1420 - Linux kernel fs/fhandle.c race conditionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/12
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2665-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2665-1
- marc.info[linux-kernel] 20150128 [PATCH v2] vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_pathhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142247707318982&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1611http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2661-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2661-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187534
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1478http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- www.securityfocus.com72357http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72357
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2667-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2667-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1224http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1592http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-57.95
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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