CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-1420.md

### [CVE-2015-1420](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1420)
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### Description

Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2665-1

#### Github
- https://github.com/thdusdl1219/CVE-Study
- https://github.com/vincent-deng/veracode-container-security-finding-parser