Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.1.12-61.1.6.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2512064
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Apr 2016

Introduced: 27 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-2847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.1.12-61.1.6.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-3596.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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