CVE-2019-15792
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.10%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 65
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
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- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Ubuntu 19.10 - Refcount Underflow and Type Confusion in shiftfs (20/11/2019)
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-843
- CWE-843
Referencias
- https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/?id=5df147c8140efc71ac0879ae3b0057f577226d4c
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1
- https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/?id=5df147c8140efc71ac0879ae3b0057f577226d4c
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1
JSON original (NVD)
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