CVE-2015-8830: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 4.0 only

Published 2016-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.