SB2011012504 - Input validation error in Linux kernel
Published: January 25, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011012504
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4256)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.