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CVE-2015-6252

CVE-2015-6252

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76400http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033666