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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• USN-2748-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 76400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-2751-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150818 Re: CVE request: linux kernel:fd leak in vhost ioctl VHOST_SET_LOG_FD (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3364 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2752-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:0354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:2108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2749-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2760-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2759-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:2074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1033666 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2777-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:15 UTC.