CVE-2010-4256 | BDVDB-2026-44838 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

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
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12011-01-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.