4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-3535

Published: 08/08/2008 Updated: 31/07/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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

linux linux kernel 2.6.27

debian debian linux 4.0

canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

canonical ubuntu linux 7.10

canonical ubuntu linux 8.04

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 10This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Secur ...
It was discovered that the direct-IO subsystem did not correctly validate certain structures A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2007-6716) ...