CVE-2008-3535
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9 · CWE-193
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Advisory