CVE-2019-19448

high

Description

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to a right data structure.

References

https://github.com/bobfuzzer/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-19448

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-12-08

Updated: 2023-02-27

Type: CWE-416

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH