CVE-2010-2537

HIGH

Linux kernel <2.6.35 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41847

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.35
suse/linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 sp1
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 11 sp1
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 sp1
Published Sep 30, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026