CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2946
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-09-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.2 does not properly handle a certain legacy format for storage of extended attributes, which might allow local users by bypass intended xattr namespace restrictions via an "os2." substring at the beginning of a name.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.35.2)
• 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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aca0fa34bdaba39bfddddba8ca70dba4782e8fe6 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41321 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.10 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.51 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.2 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42589 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aca0fa34bdaba39bfddddba8ca70dba4782e8fe6 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41321 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.10 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.51 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.2 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42589 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory