CVE-2010-4256

N/A Unknown

Published: January 25, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

28th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

linux

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