CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8785
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-02-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 4.4)
• linux linux kernel 4.4
• suse linux enterprise real time extension 12
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81688 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290642 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ca8138f014a913f98e6ef40e939868e1e9ea876 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory