UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2847
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2847
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2946-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2946-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2947-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2947-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2947-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2948-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2949-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2965-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2847