CVE-2008-3535
Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Linux Test Project.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-193
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
- http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
- http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.