CVE-2019-19448

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to a right data structure.

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 81th percentile

Published

2019-12-08

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• bobfuzzer/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-19448

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-18885
• CVE-2019-19036
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• CVE-2019-19319