Description
An issue was discovered in xfs_setattr_nonsize in fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9. XFS partially wedges when a chgrp fails on account of being out of disk quota. xfs_setattr_nonsize is failing to unlock the ILOCK after the xfs_qm_vop_chown_reserve call fails. This is primarily a local DoS attack vector, but it might result as well in remote DoS if the XFS filesystem is exported for instance via NFS.
References (14)
Core 14
Core References
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823035528.GH1037422%40magnolia/
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823192433.GA8736%40eldamar.local
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaee
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaee
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4JZ6AEUKFWBHQAROGMQARJ274PQP2QP/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3RUDQJXRJQVGHCGR4YZWTQ3ECBI7TXH/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4144-1/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32592426?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.1643
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (23)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
29
fedoraproject/fedora
30
linux/linux_kernel
5.3 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
4.7 - 4.9.191
netapp/aff_a700s_firmware
netapp/data_availability_services
... and 13 more
Published
Aug 25, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026