Security Advisory

CVE-2015-6252

2.1

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date October 19, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory