{"id":"CVE-2017-5550","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T14:25:13.742530Z","published":"2017-02-06T06:59:00.667Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.4"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5550.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}