CVE-2008-7316

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-02-02
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
1302009: CVE-2008-7316 kernel: writev regression: pan hanging unkillable and un-straceable

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers an iovec of zero length, followed by a page fault for an iovec of nonzero length.

Find out more about CVE-2008-7316 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.8
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Not affected

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