CVE-2021-28964
lowpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A race condition was discovered in get_old_root in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (BUG) because of a lack of locking on an extent buffer before a cloning operation, aka CID-dbcc7d57bffc.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–4.7
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affected products (30)
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references (39)
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dbcc7d57bffc0c8cac9dac11bec548597d59a6a5cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28964cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162549/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4948-1.htmlcnnvd
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