GSD-2007-6716

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
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