FKIE_CVE-2019-15791

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-04-24 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:21
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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() installs an fd referencing a file from the lower filesystem without taking an additional reference to that file. After the btrfs ioctl completes this fd is closed, which then puts a reference to that file, leading to a refcount underflow.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/?id=601a64857b3d7040ca15c39c929e6b9db3373ec1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/?id=601a64857b3d7040ca15c39c929e6b9db3373ec1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 5.0
linux linux_kernel 5.3
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04
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