CVE - CVE-2016-2550

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-2550	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20160223 CVE Request: Linux: unix: correctly track in-flight fds in sending process user_struct sockets URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/2 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311517 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html DEBIAN:DSA-3503 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 UBUNTU:USN-2946-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 UBUNTU:USN-2946-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 UBUNTU:USN-2947-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 UBUNTU:USN-2947-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 UBUNTU:USN-2947-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 UBUNTU:USN-2948-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 UBUNTU:USN-2948-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 UBUNTU:USN-2949-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20160223	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160223)
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