CVE-2015-8019 PUBLISHED

The skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.54 and 3.18.22 does not accept a length argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write system call followed by a recvmsg system call.

EPSS 0.05% · 14.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.05%
14.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3

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