CVE-2008-3535

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Linux Test Project.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-193

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://mirror.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=94ad374a0751f40d25e22e036c37f7263569d24cBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2Broken Link
http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Aug 8, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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