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Debian: CVE-2015-8785: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2015-8785: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/04/2016
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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