A flaw was found in the way pipe_iov_copy_from_user() and pipe_iov_copy_to_user() functions handled iovecs remaining len accounting on failed atomic access. An unprivileged local user could this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. Upstream fixes: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0d1bec9d58d4c038d0ac958c9af82be6eb18045 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=637b58c2887e5e57850865839cc75f59184b23d1 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1805