CVE-2008-7316

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <2.6.25 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

[Various Sources] http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25

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

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302009

[Vendor Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.24

Timeline

Published May 02, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026