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CVE-2016-2847

Description

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.

POC

Reference

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2

Github

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