High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8830
CVE-2015-8830
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.
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References
14- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2bnvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364nvdVendor Advisory
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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