CVE-2015-6252

CVE-2015-6252 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions prior to 4.1.5. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the vhost_dev_ioctl function to cause excessive memory consumption by triggering permanent file-descriptor allocation. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.