CVE-2019-19448

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19448

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19448.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.7.17-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.7.17-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.7.17-1
debian debiansidfixed5.7.17-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.7.17-1

References

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