CVE-2021-38203

Description

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.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1cb3db1cf383a3c7dbda1aa0ce748b0958759947

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3