ghsa-4j4g-qvh2-m3wx
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Published
2022-05-17 00:28
Modified
2022-05-17 00:28
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-6252"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-10-19T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-4j4g-qvh2-m3wx",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T00:28:15Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:28:15Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6252"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2751-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2752-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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