SB2016050219 - Infinite loop in Linux kernel mm
Published: May 2, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016050219
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-7316)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the __iov_iter_advance_iov(), cond_resched() and iov_iter_single_seg_count() functions in mm/filemap.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302009
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5