CVE - CVE-2010-2226

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2226	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded MISC:40920 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40920 MISC:43315 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 MISC:ADV-2011-0298 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2094 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 MISC:MDVSA-2010:198 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2010:0610 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:060 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2011:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html MISC:USN-1000-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20100617 CVE request - kernel: xfs swapext ioctl issue URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127677135609357&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20100618 Re: CVE request - kernel: xfs swapext ioctl issue URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127687486331790&w=2 MISC:[xfs] 20100616 Re: [Security] XFS swapext ioctl minor security issues URL:http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.130710.301704aa.en.html MISC:[xfs] 20100616 Re: [Security] XFS swapext ioctl minor security issues URL:http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20100616.135735.40f53a32.en.html MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1817176a86352f65210139d4c794ad2d19fc6b63 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1817176a86352f65210139d4c794ad2d19fc6b63 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605158 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605158
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100609	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100609)
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