CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2066

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2010-09-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.35) • vmware esx 4.0 • vmware esx 4.1 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.10 • suse linux enterprise high availability extension 11 • suse suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse suse linux enterprise server 11

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