FKIE_CVE-2008-3535

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-08 19:41 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 2.6.27
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
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