CVE-2019-19039

__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.

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 51th percentile

Published

2019-11-21

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• bobfuzzer/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-19039

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-18885
• CVE-2019-19036
• CVE-2019-19037
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• CVE-2019-19319
• CVE-2019-19377