{"id":"CVE-2015-6252","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:46:25.444826Z","published":"2015-10-19T10:59:06Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:1678-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2108-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2167-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0354-1","SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2748-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2749-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2751-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2752-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76400"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033666"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}