Security Advisory

CVE-2015-5707

4.6

Vulnerability Description

Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.
Published Date October 19, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory