medium5.5
CVE-2021-3428
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel.
Impact
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A denial of service problem is identified if an extent tree is corrupted in a crafted ext4 filesystem in fs/ext4/extents.c in ext4_es_cache_extent. Fabricating an integer overflow, A local attacker with a special user privilege may cause a system crash problem which can lead to an availability threat.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 5.9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1972621
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3428
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/17/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1972621
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3428
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/17/1