oss-security - CVE request - kernel: ext4: Make sure the MOVE_EXT ioctl can't overwrite append-only files

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:53:24 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: CVE request - kernel: ext4: Make sure the MOVE_EXT ioctl can't overwrite
 append-only files

Using the EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctl, it is possible to overwrite the 
contents of an append-only donor file.

http://git.kernel.org/linus/1f5a81e41f8b1a782c68d3843e9ec1bfaadf7d72
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601006

Thanks, Eugene
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