PT-2011-1489 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · CVE-2010-4256 · Published 2011-01-25 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37

Description The issue is related to the pipe fcntl function in fs/pipe.c, which does not properly determine whether a file is a named pipe. This allows local users to cause a denial of service via an F SETPIPE SZ fcntl call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37, update to version 2.6.37 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4256

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4256 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9 · Patch
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d · Note