CVE-2019-15538 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-15538

An issue was discovered in xfs_setattr_nonsize in fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c in the...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, ubuntu linux, data availability services, hci management node, solidfire, aff a700s firmware, h300s firmware, h500s firmware, h700s firmware, h300e firmware, h500e firmware, h700e firmware, h410s firmware, h410c firmware, h610s firmware, leap, debian linux, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
4.7, 4.14, 4.19, 5.2, 5.3, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 15.0, 15.1, 8.0, 29, 30

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.