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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2008-7267 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.468Z
Reserved: 2016-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-7316
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:01.357
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2008-7316
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