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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2020· Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reference count underflow in shiftfs

CVE-2019-15791

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() 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.

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  • Ubuntu/Shiftfsllm-fuzzy
    Range: 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series
  • Range: 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series
  • Ubuntu/Shiftfs in the Linux kernelv5
    Range: 5.3.0-11.12

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