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    CVE-2015-8830

    Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.

    Published:Mar 21, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:May 2, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00053
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras Rt

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364

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