CVE-2019-15793

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/04/2020
Last modified:
01/05/2020

Description

In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, several locations which shift ids translate user/group ids before performing operations in the lower filesystem were translating them into init_user_ns, whereas they should have been translated into the s_user_ns for the lower filesystem. This resulted in using ids other than the intended ones in the lower fs, which likely did not map into the shifts s_user_ns. A local attacker could use this to possibly bypass discretionary access control permissions.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*