Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3535
CVE-2008-3535
Description
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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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Patches
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References
11- www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31881nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32190nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32393nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.phpnvdBroken Link
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2nvdBroken Link
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