CVE-2015-8785

An infinite-loop flaw was found in the kernel. When a local user calls the sys_writev syscall with a specially crafted sequence of iov structs, the fuse_fill_write_pages kernel function might never terminate, instead continuing in a tight loop. This process cannot be terminated and requires a reboot.

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 and does not plan to be fixed in future updates.

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