CVE-2015-8830 (GCVE-0-2015-8830)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-02 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-03-02 00:00
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