net/socket.c in the Linux kernel 3.19 before 3.19.3 does not validate certain range data for (1) sendto and (2) recvfrom system calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a subsystem that uses the copy_from_iter function in the iov_iter interface, as demonstrated by the Bluetooth subsystem.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://grsecurity.net/~spender/viro.txt | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73286 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579050211605102592 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579060953477701632 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579075689439059968 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/14 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205242 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://grsecurity.net/~spender/viro.txt | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73286 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579050211605102592 | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579060953477701632 | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/579075689439059968 | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/14 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205242 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |