CVE-2008-3535

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

http://secunia.com/advisories/31881

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium