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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-25T19:00:03.183

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:31.050

Link: CVE-2010-4256

cve-icon Redhat

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