CVE-2015-8785

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8785
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-08 03:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-31 17:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.4 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All rc8 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fuse: break infinite loop in fuse_fill_write_pages() · torvalds/linux@3ca8138 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
1290642 – (CVE-2015-8785) CVE-2015-8785 kernel: fuse: possible denial of service in fuse_fill_write_pages() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3503-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2886-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Linux Kernel 'fs/fuse/file.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE Request: Linux: fuse: possible denial of service in fuse_fill_write_pages() MLIST www.openwall.com Release Notes
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1008-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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