VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-6252
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.