CVE-2016-2847

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating many pipes with non-default sizes, resulting in memory consumption due to the lack of limitation on the amount of unread data in pipes.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5, update to version 4.5 or later to resolve the issue.