CVE-2015-8830: linux linux_kernel
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-8830 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 02-05-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu3 products
- linux< 3.13.0-86.130
- linux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-71.91~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1
Debian1 product
- linux< 4.1.3-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel4.0
3 vendors · 5 products
References
23 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2bX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275X Refsource CONFIRM
- git.kernel.org/cgit/…X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 23 references
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364X Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory