CVE-2016-0774
kernel: pipe buffer state corruption after unsuccessful atomic read from pipe
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 2, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was found that the fix for CVE-2015-1805 incorrectly kept buffer offset and buffer length in sync on a failed atomic read, potentially resulting in a pipe buffer state corruption. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or leak kernel memory to user space.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CWE not specified