Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.
rw-r--r-- fs/aio.c 3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 6a9c7e4..955947e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,9 @@ static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,
if (head == tail)
goto out;
+ head %= ctx->nr_events;
+ tail %= ctx->nr_events;
+
while (ret < nr) {
long avail;
struct io_event *ev;
