CVE-2021-38203

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38203
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-08 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 16:04:00 UTC
Descriptionbtrfs 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-667

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Bootstrap Os - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
August 2021 Linux Kernel 5.13.4 Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
btrfs: fix deadlock with concurrent chunk allocations involving syste… · torvalds/linux@1cb3db1 · GitHub MISC github.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4 MISC cdn.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183374 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-38203)
  • 198524 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5096-1)
  • 900294 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901218 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6587-1)
  • 903249 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5078)
  • 905810 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5078-1)
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