CVE-2016-2847

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.2
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 27, 2016
First seenApr 27, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.4.8—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11.0, 12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo11.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension11.0, 12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server11.0, 12.0—
novell suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension12.0—

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