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CVE-2008-3535
Description
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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.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.
- Bugzilla 457703: kernel: fix off-by-one error in iov_iter_advance()
- CWE-193: Off-by-one Error
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2008-3535
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