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.

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Feb 2023, 04:28

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}	(MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d -

Information

Published : 2011-01-25 19:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03

NVD link : CVE-2010-4256

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4256

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-4256

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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