CVE-2010-2226

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-09-03
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
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