CVE-2015-1420 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1420?

CVE-2015-1420 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Mar 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1420?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1420?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-1420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1420, GHSA-88mg-hqxv-95h4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1420.