VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-7316

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers an iovec of zero length, followed by a page fault for an iovec of nonzero length.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references