CVE-2019-19767 Information

Description

The Linux kernel before 5.4.2 mishandles ext4_expand_extra_isize as demonstrated by use-after-free errors in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c aka CID-4ea99936a163.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205609 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205707 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ea99936a1630f51fc3a2d61a58ec4a1c4b7d55a https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ea99936a1630f51fc3a2d61a58ec4a1c4b7d55a https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5