Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2520176
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 19 Oct 2015
Introduced: 19 Oct 2015
CVE-2015-6252 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3567
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2015-6252.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3566.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3567.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7932c0bd7740f4cd2aa168d3ce0199e7af7d72d5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251839
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76400
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2748-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2752-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2751-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2749-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033666
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364