CVE-2010-2943

Published: 30 September 2010

The xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not look up inode allocation btrees before reading inode buffers, which allows remote authenticated users to read unlinked files, or read or overwrite disk blocks that are currently assigned to an active file but were previously assigned to an unlinked file, by accessing a stale NFS filehandle.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dave Chinner discovered that the XFS filesystem did not correctly order inode lookups when exported by NFS. A remote attacker could exploit this to read or write disk blocks that had changed file assignment or had become unlinked, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Released (2.6.24-28.82)
	jaunty	Ignored (end of life)
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-22.70)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-27.49)
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-22.35)
	natty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
	Patches: upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7124fe0a5b619d65b739477b3b55a20bf805b06d upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1920779e67cbf5ea8afef317777c5bf2b8096188 upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7b6259e7a83647948fa33a736cc832310c8d85aa
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-307.23)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-311.22)
	maverick	Ignored (end of life)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-112.30)
	lucid	Released (2.6.31-608.21)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.35-23.40~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (end of life)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-213.29)
	maverick	Released (2.6.32-415.32)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (2.6.15-55.91)
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Not vulnerable
	natty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (2.6.35~rc4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

Bugs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624923

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