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SCP7-371 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-8830

Created: May 17, 2016    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: May 24, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0.0.15
Fix Version: 7.0.0.16
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel

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.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html>CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8830

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