Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2008-7316
CVE-2008-7316
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5nvdVendor Advisory
- mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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