Bug 1302009 (CVE-2008-7316)

Summary:	CVE-2008-7316 kernel: writev regression: pan hanging unkillable and un-straceable
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	aquini, dhoward, fhrbata, joelsmith, kernel-mgr, kstutsma, nmurray, plougher, rvrbovsk
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-01-26 14:13:05 UTC

A flaw was discovered in Linux kernel. Zero length iovecs can go into an infinite loop in writev, because the
iovec iterator does not always advance over them.

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/189

Upstream fix:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=124d3b7041f9a0ca7c43a6293e1cae4576c32fd5