CVE-2021-4149

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4149
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-01 15:53:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in btrfs_alloc_tree_b in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel due to an improper lock operation in btrfs. In this flaw, a user with a local privilege may cause a denial of service (DOS) due to a deadlock problem.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-667

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 - All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc1 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc2 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc3 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc4 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Hao Sun: WARNING: lock held when returning to user space in __btrfs_tree_lock MISC lkml.org
LKML: Greg Kroah-Hartman: [PATCH 5.14 030/151] btrfs: unlock newly allocated extent buffer after error MISC lkml.org
2026485 – (CVE-2021-4149) CVE-2021-4149 kernel: Improper lock operation in btrfs MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159760 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9314)
  • 159763 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9313)
  • 159777 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9348)
  • 179840 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-4149)
  • 180282 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3065-1)
  • 198825 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5466-1)
  • 199560 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6001-1)
  • 199568 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6013-1)
  • 199577 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6014-1)
  • 390261 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0014)
  • 671703 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1735)
  • 751602 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0080-1)
  • 751654 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0197-1)
  • 751657 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0198-1)
  • 751666 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0169-1)
  • 751695 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0367-1)
  • 751696 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0364-1)
  • 751697 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751698 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0362-1)
  • 751701 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1)
  • 751702 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1)
  • 751993 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0198-1)
  • 753194 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0288-1)
  • 753267 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0169-1)
  • 753462 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0289-1)
  • 900780 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9136)
  • 901316 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9136-1)
  • 905972 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9136-2)
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