UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6252

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6252

    Published: 19 Aug 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6252
    Aliases:
    USN-2748-1
    USN-2749-1
    USN-2751-1

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6252, https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/10/375, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2748-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2749-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2752-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2751-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2760-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2759-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2777-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6252

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-65.105

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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