CVE-2008-3535 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3535?

CVE-2008-3535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Aug 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3535?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3535?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3535 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3535 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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