CVE-2010-2226

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-09-03

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2010-2226 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10

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