CVE-2016-2847

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2847
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2847.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2847
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-04-27T17:59:21.947Z
Modified
2026-04-24T04:03:32.231643Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
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        },
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            ],
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        },
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                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        },
        {
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                }
            ],
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        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b562e44f507e863c6792946e4e1b1449fbbac85d
Fixed
759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.5"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2847.json"