VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4256

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references