Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Linux Test Project.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1636-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3521 Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Linux Test Project.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-659-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:17.967Z

Reserved: 2008-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3535

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-08T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3535

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3535 - Bugzilla

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