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CVE-2010-2537
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…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- USN-1041-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100721 Re: CVE request: kernel: btrfs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ebc3464781ad24474abcbd2274e6254689853b5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100721 CVE request: kernel: btrfs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 41847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2541 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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