Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2538

Title: Canonical Ubuntu Linux Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-2538.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Sep 30, 2010
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2538: 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.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
S
suse 3
L
linux 1

Reference Links

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41854 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998 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 http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/21/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41854 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616998
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2538 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.