CVE-2015-1420

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1420
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-1420.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-1420
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Published
2015-03-16T10:59:06Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Race condition in the handletopath 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 memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.

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Affected packages