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CVE-2010-2943

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2943 describes a high-severity vulnerability in the XFS file system implementation within the Linux kernel (prior to version 2.6.35), affecting products like Avaya, Canonical, Linux, and VMware. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to read unlinked files or overwrite disk blocks via stale NFS filehandles due to improper inode allocation btree lookups. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), it presents a low-complexity network attack leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed in CISA KEV and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, a local information disclosure exploit (EDB-15155) exists.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15155 · Sep 29, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1701 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.17.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2943Moderate

kernel: xfs: validate inode numbers in file handles correctly

Jun 20, 2010

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/33767
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article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/33768
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article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/33769
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article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/33771
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git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
oss.sgi.com / archives/xfs/2010-06/msg00191.html
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oss.sgi.com / archives/xfs/2010-06/msg00198.html
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bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42758
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secunia.com / advisories/43161
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secunia.com / advisories/46397
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support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100113326
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/08/18/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/42527
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1041-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1057-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0070
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0280
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