CVE-2010-2066

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <2.6.35 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The mext_check_arguments function in fs/ext4/move_extent.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 allows local users to overwrite an append-only file via a MOVE_EXT ioctl call that specifies this file as a donor.

References (11)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f5a81e41f8b1a782c68d3843e9ec1bfaadf7d72

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/07/1

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/09/1

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601006

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 26.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (12)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.35

vmware/esx

canonical/ubuntu_linux

suse/linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

suse/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server

Timeline

Published Sep 08, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026