cve/2017/CVE-2017-5550.md

### [CVE-2017-5550](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5550)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/thdusdl1219/CVE-Study