CVE-2016-2847 Information

Description

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.2