CVE-2019-15792
HIGHLinux Kernel - Type Confusion
Title source: ruleDescription
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)
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