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CVE-2016-2550

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
Debian 12 linux 6.1.15-1
Debian 11 linux 5.10.158-2
Debian 10 linux 4.19.249-2
Debian 999 linux 6.1.20-1

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