CVE-2019-18885

unknown

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

fs/btrfs/volumes.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1 allows a btrfs_verify_dev_extents NULL pointer dereference via a crafted btrfs image because fs_devices->devices is mishandled within find_device, aka CID-09ba3bc9dd15.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18885

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18885.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.2.6-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18885.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18885

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.