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.
Published: 2020-04-23
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-6716 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4183-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4184-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:58:57.384Z

Reserved: 2019-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-15793

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-24T00:15:11.840

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:29:28.743

Link: CVE-2019-15793

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