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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-04-27T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.204Z
Reserved: 2016-03-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-2847
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:21.947
Modified: 2023-09-12T14:55:31.563
Link: CVE-2016-2847
Redhat