CVE-2019-15538

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2019 at 03:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:20 AM UTC
28 products affected across 6 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxFedora

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.14 ≤ v < 4.14.1414.19 ≤ v < 4.19.694.7 ≤ v < 4.9.1915.2 ≤ v < 5.2.115.35.3 rc15.3 rc25.3 rc35.3 rc45.3 rc55.3 rc6
Affected range stops below 4.14.141, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.69, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.191, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.2.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
netapp-aff-a700s (same device)
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netapp-h300e (same device)
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netapp-h300s (same device)
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netapp-h410c (same device)
All versions
netapp-h410s (same device)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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