Off-by-one Error Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.27)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004686
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Aug 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Aug 2008

CVE-2008-3535  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.27 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Off-by-one Error. 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.

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