CVE-2016-2550
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 23, 2016
Description
The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311517
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- USN-2949-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160223 CVE Request: Linux: unix: correctly track in-flight fds in sending process user_struct socketsmailing-list
- DSA-3503vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6
- USN-2947-3vendor-advisory
- USN-2947-2vendor-advisory
- USN-2947-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2946-2vendor-advisory
- USN-2948-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2946-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2948-2vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6
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