vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-19039): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 21, 2019 | Aug 5, 2020 | Nov 7, 2024 |
Description
__btrfs_free_extent in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 calls btrfs_print_leaf in a certain ENOENT case, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about register values via the dmesg program. NOTE: The BTRFS development team disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because “1) The kernel provide facilities to restrict access to dmesg - dmesg_restrict=1 sysctl option. So it's really up to the system administrator to judge whether dmesg access shall be disallowed or not. 2) WARN/WARN_ON are widely used macros in the linux kernel. If this CVE is considered valid this would mean there are literally thousands CVE lurking in the kernel - something which clearly is not the case.
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