CVE-2019-15792

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Type Confusion

Title source: rule

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() calls fdget(oldfd), then without further checks passes the resulting file* into shiftfs_real_fdget(), which casts file->private_data, a void* that points to a filesystem-dependent type, to a "struct shiftfs_file_info *". As the private_data is not required to be a pointer, an attacker can use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
doslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47693

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-843
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
linux/linux_kernel 5.0
linux/linux_kernel 5.3
Published Apr 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026