CVE-2019-15538An 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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823035528.GH1037422%40magnolia/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823192433.GA8736%40eldamar.local (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-4c91a2f76e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-97380355ae (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190914 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190915 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-2] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4144-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4147-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32592426?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-6521 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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