CVE-2016-2550 (GCVE-0-2016-2550)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-27 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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.
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