UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8785

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8785

    Published: 31 Dec 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8785
    Aliases:
    USN-2886-1
    USN-2886-2
    USN-2907-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8785, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2910-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2907-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2909-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2907-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8785

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-79.123

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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