CVE-2016-2847

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    CVE-2016-2847

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 1 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -b562e44f507e863c6792946e4e1b1449fbbac85d

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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