Bug 1205242 (CVE-2015-2686) - CVE-2015-2686 kernel: sys_sendto/sys_recvfrom does not validate the user provided ubuf pointer
Summary: CVE-2015-2686 kernel: sys_sendto/sys_recvfrom does not validate the user prov...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2015-2686
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1205244 Engineering1206816 Engineering1206817
Blocks: Embargoed1205243
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Reported: 2015-03-24 13:57 UTC by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-03-28 20:29:04 UTC

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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-24 13:57:03 UTC 
Following commit fixes a potential kernel arbitrary memory read/write:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=4de930efc23b92ddf88ce91c405ee645fe6e27ea

CVE was assigned to this here: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/977
Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-24 13:59:56 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1205244]
Comment 3 Petr Matousek 2015-03-28 20:29:04 UTC 
Statement:

Not vulnerable.

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Entereprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
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