Is CVE-2010-2538 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2538 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2538?

CVE-2010-2538 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-2538

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the btrfs_ioctl_clone function in fs/btrfs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to obtain sensitive information via a BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE ioctl call.

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:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2542)
Published: September 30, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2542 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ebc3464781ad24474abcbd2274e6254689853b5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(Broken Link)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41854(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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