CVE-2015-6252

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 07:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Oct 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 07:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.1.4

References (19)