Description (CNA)
In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel included in the Ubuntu 5.0 and 5.3 kernel series, shiftfs_btrfs_ioctl_fd_replace() calls fdget(oldfd), then without further checks passes the resulting file* into shiftfs_real_fdget(), which casts file->private_data, a void* that points to a filesystem-dependent type, to a "struct shiftfs_file_info *". As the private_data is not required to be a pointer, an attacker can use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu / Shiftfs in the Linux kernel | affected 5.3.0-11.12 before 5.3 kernel*; affected 5.0 kernel before 5.0.0-35.38 |
CWE
CWE-843
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4183-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4184-1
- https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/eoan/commit/?id=5df147c8140efc71ac0879ae3b0057f577226d4c
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.