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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.204Z
Reserved: 2016-03-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-2847

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:21.947
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-2847
