CVE-2015-1420

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

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

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
Linux kernel: through 3.18.9

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142247707318982&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72357
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2660-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2661-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2665-1

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