CVE-2015-8785 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2015-8785 (NVD)

2016-02-08

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.

Products	Linux_kernel, Linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
Type	Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CWE-835)
First patch	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876
Patches	http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876
Relevant file/s	./fs/fuse/file.c (modified, +1, -1)
Links	• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642 • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html More/Less (7) • http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 • http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html • http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1 • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html

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