National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2537

Overview

The btrfs_ioctl_clone function in fs/btrfs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 allows local users to overwrite an append-only file via a (1) BTRFS_IOC_CLONE or (2) BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE ioctl call that specifies this file as a donor.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2ebc3464781ad24474abcbd2274e6254689853b5

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2ebc3464781ad24474abcbd2274e6254689853b5

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0070

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1041-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1

External Source: BID

Name: 41847

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41847

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100721 CVE request: kernel: btrfs

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100721 Re: CVE request: kernel: btrfs

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42758

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42758

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:040

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html