The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163792 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2544-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-3170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 36743 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• USN-2542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 72347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-2541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0694 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 117810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2543-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 13:03 UTC.