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Centos Linux: CVE-2016-2847: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (CESA-2017:0217)

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Centos Linux: CVE-2016-2847: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (CESA-2017:0217)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/27/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
08/28/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

References

  • 83870
  • DSA-3503
  • CVE-2016-2847
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • RHSA-2017:0217

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