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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.

Published

2008-08-08T19:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-193

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.27	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.27	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.27	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes

References

http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)