Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions *
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EPSS
0.14% (52nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDEBUG-1952424
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Oct 2015
Introduced: 12 Oct 2015
CVE-2015-8785 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-debug.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug package and not the kernel-rt-debug package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8785
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
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