CVE-2019-15792

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 24, 2020
First seenApr 24, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-843CWE-843

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.0, 5.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux18.04, 19.04—

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