CVE-2008-7316: Input Validation
First published: Tue Jan 26 2016(Updated: )
A flaw was discovered in Linux kernel. Zero length iovecs can go into an infinite loop in writev, because the iovec iterator does not always advance over them. CVE assignment: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/189">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/189</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5">https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5</a>
Credit: security@debian.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <=2.6.24 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302009
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/6
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/189
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5
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