{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2016-2550", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/2" }, { "url" : "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6" }, { "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311517" }, { "url" : "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/415e3d3e90ce9e18727e8843ae343eda5a58fad6" }, { "url" : "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2" }, { "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1" } ] } }