Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4256
CVE-2010-4256
Description
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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References
4- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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