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kernel: unexpected file access in btrfs

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2010-1636
Created:May 31, 2010 Updated:September 23, 2010
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

The existing [btrfs] code would have allowed you to clone a file that was only open for writing. Not an expected behaviour.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2010:0664-1 2010-09-23
Ubuntu USN-966-1 2010-08-04
Fedora FEDORA-2010-9183 2010-05-28
Pardus 2010-94 2010-07-08
Fedora FEDORA-2010-9209 2010-05-28
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