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CVE-2010-2066

medium

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601006

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/09/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/07/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-2085

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f5a81e41f8b1a782c68d3843e9ec1bfaadf7d72

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061