Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2847

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2847.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Apr 27, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.2 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2847: 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.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2847 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.