CVE-2015-8830 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8830?

CVE-2015-8830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8830?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8830?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-8830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8830, GHSA-r5v3-qw78-36cj, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8830.