CVE-2008-3535

Linux kernel <2.6.27-rc2 - DoS

Title source: llm

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 (11)

[Broken Link] http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31881

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.1%

Classification

CWE

CWE-193

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.27

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Aug 08, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026