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CVE-2019-15792

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CVE-2019-15792

Published: Apr 23, 2020

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, shiftfs_btrfs_ioctl_fd_replace() calls fdget(oldfd), then without further checks passes the resulting file* into shiftfs_real_fdget(), which casts file->private_data, a void* that points to a filesystem-dependent type, to a "struct shiftfs_file_info *". As the private_data is not required to be a pointer, an attacker can use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

VendorProductVersions

Ubuntu

Shiftfs in the Linux kernel

affected
5.3.0-11.12 - < 5.3 kernel*
affected
5.0 kernel - < 5.0.0-35.38

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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