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SUSE: CVE-2015-8785: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8785: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/25/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0785-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1
  • DLA-412-1
  • DSA-3503
  • USN-2886-1
  • USN-2886-2
  • USN-2907-1
  • USN-2907-2
  • USN-2908-1
  • USN-2908-2
  • USN-2908-3
  • USN-2908-4
  • USN-2908-5
  • USN-2909-1
  • USN-2909-2
  • USN-2910-1
  • USN-2910-2
  • CVE-2015-8785
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