CVE-2015-6252

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6252
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-6252.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-6252
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Published
2015-10-19T10:59:06Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The vhostdevioctl 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 VHOSTSETLOG_FD ioctl call that triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation.

References

Affected packages