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CVE-2015-6252

Date: October 19, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6252

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2749-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2748-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033666

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76400

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6252

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2752-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2751-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-6252

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6252

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/3

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-6252

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-6252

Date: October 19, 2015

Language: C

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