CVE-2010-1641

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The do_gfs2_set_flags function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-git10 does not verify the ownership of a file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a SETFLAGS ioctl request.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.34; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+153)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7df0e0397b9a18358573274db9fdab991941062f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/incr/patch-2.6.34-git9-git10.bz2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/26/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40356
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

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