DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15538

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2019-15538
Downstream
DLA-1919-1
Published: 25 Aug 2019, 16:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Aug 2019, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in xfs_setattr_nonsize in fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9. XFS partially wedges when a chgrp fails on account of being out of disk quota. xfs_setattr_nonsize is failing to unlock the ILOCK after the xfs_qm_vop_chown_reserve call fails. This is primarily a local DoS attack vector, but it might result as well in remote DoS if the XFS filesystem is exported for instance via NFS.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1 | < 5.2.17-1

References (1)