CVE-2010-1636

CVE-2010-1636 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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