cve/2016/CVE-2016-2550.md

CVE-2016-2550

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.