CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2008-3535

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.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.27:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.27:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-08-08 07:41

Updated : 2020-07-31 09:26

NVD link : CVE-2008-3535

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3535

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-193

Off-by-one Error