CVE-2016-2847
First published: Tue Mar 01 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <=4.4.8 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-extra | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12.0-sp1 | |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.112-1 6.11.5-1 6.11.7-1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-2847
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg92912.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/28/150
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg93317.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/11/310
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg93601.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/18/171
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/467
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/538
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1313433
- https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2847
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2847
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2847
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2847
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