kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as an off-by-one error was found in the iov_iter_advance function. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service as demonstrated by a testcase from the Linux Test Project.
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secunia.com/advisories/32190
secunia.com/advisories/32393
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www.lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/446
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www.securityfocus.com/bid/31132
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0857
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44492