Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11591Denial Of Service (DoS)
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists as the implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.osvdb.org/117810
www.securityfocus.com/bid/72347
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163792
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36743/
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C