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HistoryOct 19, 2015 - 10:59 a.m.

CVE-2015-6252

2015-10-1910:59:06
CWE-399
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2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.2%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.1.4

References

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.2%