CVE-2015-6252

CVSS v2.0 2.1 (Low)

EPSS 0.04 % (11^th)

Affected Products 1

Advisories 16

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CVE Status: PUBLISHED
CNA: MITRE
Published Date: 2015-10-19 10:59:06
(9 years ago)
Updated Date: 2017-11-04 01:29:07
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Linux Kernel

Configuration #1

		CPE23	From	Up To
	Linux Kernel 4.1.4 and prior versions	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel		<= 4.1.4