CVE-2016-0774

Description

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in a certain Linux kernel backport in the linux package before 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 on Debian wheezy and the kernel package before 3.10.0-229.26.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-1805.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.022

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-2968-1) linux-image-3.13.0-86-generic_3.13.0-86.130_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2968-1) linux-image-3.13.0-86-generic_3.13.0-86.130_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2968-1) linux-image-3.13.0-86-lowlatency_3.13.0-86.130_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2968-1) linux-image-3.13.0-86-lowlatency_3.13.0-86.130_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-2968-2) linux-image-3.13.0-86-generic_3.13.0-86.130~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-2968-2) linux-image-3.13.0-86-generic_3.13.0-86.130~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el6uek update (ELSA-2016-3528) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el7uek update (ELSA-2016-3528) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.4.2.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2016-0774)NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234