Description
__btrfs_free_extent in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 calls btrfs_print_leaf in a certain ENOENT case, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about register values via the dmesg program. NOTE: The BTRFS development team disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because “1) The kernel provide facilities to restrict access to dmesg - dmesg_restrict=1 sysctl option. So it's really up to the system administrator to judge whether dmesg access shall be disallowed or not. 2) WARN/WARN_ON are widely used macros in the linux kernel. If this CVE is considered valid this would mean there are literally thousands CVE lurking in the kernel - something which clearly is not the case.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/bobfuzzer/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-19039
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-532
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
9.0
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.3.12
Published
Nov 21, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026