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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-01-25T18:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:38.055Z
Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2010-4256
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-01-25T19:00:03.183
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:20:33.357
Link: CVE-2010-4256
Redhat
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