vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8785): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 7, 2016
Added
Feb 22, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

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References

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