Description
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.
Published: 2016-05-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2777 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.
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.286Z

Reserved: 2015-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2686

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:11.453

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2686

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2686 - Bugzilla

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