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USN-2748-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2748-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/31/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/30/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-65-powerpc64-smp

References

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