CVE-2010-4256

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.

• CWE-20

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link

Published

Jan 25, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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