Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c66fb347946ebdd5b10908866ecc9fa05ee2cf3d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/6
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.