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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-6252

CVE-2015-6252

Description

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.

Affected products

81

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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