Linux kernel 'fs/direct-io.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Threat level definition

Linux kernel 'fs/direct-io.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually (Zach Brown )
Linux kernel Homepage (kernel.org)
Re: [PATCH] add check do_direct_IO() return val (Joe Jin)
Red Hat Linux Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0885 (Red Hat)

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