Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.
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linux linux kernel |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.27 |
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debian debian linux 4.0 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 7.10 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 |