The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side…

Description

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an "I/O vector array overrun."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (36)

• RHSA-2015:1211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-3290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1032454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 74951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2967-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202855 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2680-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2679-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2967-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150606 CVE-2015-1805 Linux kernel: pipe: iovec overrun leading to memory corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2681-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0d1bec9d58d4c038d0ac958c9af82be6eb18045 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1490 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1487 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=637b58c2887e5e57850865839cc75f59184b23d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0d1bec9d58d4c038d0ac958c9af82be6eb18045 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/637b58c2887e5e57850865839cc75f59184b23d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:54 UTC.