gsd-2016-2847
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2016-2847


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