CVE-2015-8830

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 2, 2016
First seenMay 2, 2016

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.0—

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