UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8830

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8830

    Published: 2 May 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8830
    Aliases:
    USN-2968-1
    USN-2968-2
    USN-2969-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8830, https://git.kernel.org/linus/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/491, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2970-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2969-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2968-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2968-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8830

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-86.130

    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