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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3920 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2946-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2946-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2947-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2947-2 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2947-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2948-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2949-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2965-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2967-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2967-2 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2847 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2847 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.204Z

Reserved: 2016-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2847

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:21.947

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2847

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2847 - Bugzilla

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