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.
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Information
Published : 2015-10-19 03:59
Updated : 2017-11-03 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2015-6252
Mitre link : CVE-2015-6252
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel