vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-2847: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2017:0217)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 27, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernel
References
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