In shiftfs, a non-upstream patch to the Linux kernel...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 29, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Apr 24, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Jan 29, 2023
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.
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