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CVE-2015-6252
Published: Oct 19, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-2748-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
76400
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-2751-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20150818 Re: CVE request: linux kernel:fd leak in vhost ioctl VHOST_SET_LOG_FD
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-3364
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
SUSE-SU-2015:1727
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2752-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:0354
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2015:2108
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2749-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2760-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2759-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:2074
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1033666
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-2777-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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