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CVE-2010-2537 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ebc3464781ad24474abcbd2274e6254689853b5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2537
NVD Published Date:
09/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.