{"id":"CVE-2016-2550","details":"The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:05:56.808749Z","published":"2016-04-27T17:59:19.977Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311517"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.4.8"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2550.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}