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CVE-2015-8785 (GCVE-0-2015-8785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-08 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-11-10 00:00
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