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CVE-2016-2847 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.2 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2847
NVD Published Date:
Apr 27, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2847 Details - Not Deferred