mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers an iovec of zero length, followed by a page fault for an iovec of nonzero length.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7267 mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers an iovec of zero length, followed by a page fault for an iovec of nonzero length.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.468Z

Reserved: 2016-01-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-7316

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:01.357

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2008-7316

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-7316 - Bugzilla

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