CVE-2008-7316

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: May 02, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers an iovec of zero length, followed by a page fault for an iovec of nonzero length.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6

Source: security@debian.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302009

Source: security@debian.org

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5