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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-10-19T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.291Z

Reserved: 2015-08-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6252

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-19T10:59:06.363

Modified: 2017-11-04T01:29:07.287

Link: CVE-2015-6252

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-08-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6252 - Bugzilla