vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-15793): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 13, 2019 | Nov 14, 2019 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 13, 2019
Added
Nov 14, 2019
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1007-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1021-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1022-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1022-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1025-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1025-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1025-gkeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1027-oem-osp1ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-35-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-35-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-35-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1006-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1007-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1007-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1007-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1008-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1012-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-22-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-22-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-22-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-22-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-0ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtualubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
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