Off-by-one error in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-3535
Published: August 8, 2008 / Updated: July 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92853
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3535
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-3535
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2
- http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492