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CVE-2016-2847
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-27T17:59:21.947 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:34.993

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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