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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…
Low1.9EPSS 0.36%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
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References (14)
- DSA-3170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2660-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150129 CVE-2015-1420 - Linux kernel fs/fhandle.c race condition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2665-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20150128 [PATCH v2] vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2661-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187534 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 72357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2667-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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