Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.29,2.6.32]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004374
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2010

CVE-2010-1636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The btrfs_ioctl_clone function in fs/btrfs/ioctl.c in the btrfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 through 2.6.32, and possibly other versions, does not ensure that a cloned file descriptor has been opened for reading, which allows local users to read sensitive information from a write-only file descriptor.

CVSS Base Scores

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