CVE-2019-15792

Type confusion in shiftfs

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Apr 23, 2020
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Aug 29, 2019

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hcanonical

Weaknesses

  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Shiftfs in the Linux kernelUbuntu
  • 5.3.0-11.12 to before 5.3 kernel*Affectedfrom 5.3.0-22.24Not affected
  • 5.0 kernel to before 5.0.0-35.38Affected

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