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UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19448 High

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19448

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to a right data structure.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 8, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

84 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

86 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

115 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

63 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

73 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

93 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

76 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

40 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19448

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to a right data structure.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence