CVE-2016-2847
kernel: pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes
Severity Score
6.2
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
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Descriptions
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.
fs/pipe.c en el kernel de Linux antes de 4.5 no limita la cantidad de datos no leídos en las tuberías, lo que permite a los usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) creando muchas tuberías con tamaños no predeterminados.
It is possible for a single process to cause an OOM condition by filling large pipes with data that are never read. A typical process filling 4096 pipes with 1 MB of data will use 4 GB of memory and there can be multiple such processes, up to a per-user-limit.
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Timeline
- 2016-03-06 CVE Reserved
- 2016-04-06 CVE Published
- 2023-11-10 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (29)
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | <= 4.4.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 4.4.8" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" | 11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "11.0" | sp4 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "12.0" | sp1 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo" | 11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo" and version "11.0" | sp4 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "12.0" | sp1 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension" | 11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension" and version "11.0" | sp4 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension" and version "12.0" | sp1 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11.0" | extra |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11.0" | sp4 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "12.0" | sp1 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension" and version "12.0" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension" and version "12.0" | sp1 |
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