CVE-2010-2226
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Information disclosure
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
The xfs_swapext function in fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly check the file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, which allows local users to leverage write access and obtain read access by swapping one file into another file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.130710.301704aa.en.html
- http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.135735.40f53a32.en.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1817176a86352f65210139d4c794ad2d19fc6b63
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127677135609357&w=2Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127687486331790&w=2Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315Advisory