CVE-2008-7316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302009
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7316
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7316

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-05-02T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.468Z

Reserved: 2016-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7316

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:01.357

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2008-7316

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-7316 - Bugzilla

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