CVE-2019-19039

Medium

Description

__btrfs_free_extent in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 calls btrfs_print_leaf in a certain ENOENT case, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about register values via the dmesg program. NOTE: The BTRFS development team disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because “1) The kernel provide facilities to restrict access to dmesg - dmesg_restrict=1 sysctl option. So it's really up to the system administrator to judge whether dmesg access shall be disallowed or not. 2) WARN/WARN_ON are widely used macros in the linux kernel. If this CVE is considered valid this would mean there are literally thousands CVE lurking in the kernel - something which clearly is not the case.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 21, 2019
First seenNov 21, 2019

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 5.3.12—
debian debian_linux9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04—

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