CVE-2010-2066
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2085)
- Published
- September 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2085 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
- suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f5a81e41f8b1a782c68d3843e9ec1bfaadf7d72
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315(Broken Link)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/07/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/09/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601006(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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