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…

published January 25, 2011

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00363 · 28.7th percentile
Published
2011-01-25T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JAN 18:00Z
    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…
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