CVE-2021-38203 (GCVE-0-2021-38203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-08 19:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
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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.
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