Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024
Mishandling of file-system uid/gid with namespaces in shiftfs
CVE-2019-15793
Description
In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, several locations which shift ids translate user/group ids before performing operations in the lower filesystem were translating them into init_user_ns, whereas they should have been translated into the s_user_ns for the lower filesystem. This resulted in using ids other than the intended ones in the lower fs, which likely did not map into the shifts s_user_ns. A local attacker could use this to possibly bypass discretionary access control permissions.
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Affected products
2- 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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