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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Affected products
3- Range: 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series
- Ubuntu/Shiftfs in the Linux kernelv5Range: 5.3.0-11.12
Patches
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References
3- git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1mitrex_refsource_MISC
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1mitrex_refsource_MISC
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