CVE-2010-4256
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 25, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 16, 2010
Description
The pipe_fcntl function in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly determine whether a file is a named pipe, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via an F_SETPIPE_SZ fcntl call.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
- [oss-security] 20101130 Re: CVE request: kernel: pipe_fcntl local DoSmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20101130 CVE request: kernel: pipe_fcntl local DoSmailing-list
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