CVE-2021-38203
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-08 19:25
Modified
2024-08-04 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
btrfs in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via processes that trigger allocation of new system chunks during times when there is a shortage of free space in the system space_info.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1cb3db1cf383a3c7dbda1aa0ce748b0958759947Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1cb3db1cf383a3c7dbda1aa0ce748b0958759947Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/Third Party Advisory
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