# CVE-2015-8830: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-05-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364

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