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CVE-2016-2847
Published: Apr 27, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SU-2016:1690
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2967-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1696
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2949-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
83870
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-3503
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-2947-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2967-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20160301 CVE request -- linux kernel: pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2016:2584
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2016:2574
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-2947-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2947-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1707
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2016:1672
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2946-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2016:1382
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2016:2074
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2017:0217
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-2948-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2946-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2948-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1937
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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