CVE-2015-6252
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-08-10 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linuxkernel 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.
See more information about CVE-2015-6252 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 1.5 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3567 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.18.2.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3566 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3566 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3567 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.18.2.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3566 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3566 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0106 | 2017-05-16 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0105 | 2017-05-16 |
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