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CVE-2015-8830
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-02T10:59:20.970 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:19.633

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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