UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5550
Moderate
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5550
Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
February 6, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
February 4, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
14 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5550
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Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.
05 / REFERENCES