CVE-2017-5550

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Feb 6, 2017 (Feb 6, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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