CVE-2021-3739
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the btrfs_rm_device function in fs/btrfs/volumes.c in the Linux Kernel, where triggering the bug requires ‘CAP_SYS_ADMIN’. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.62%• Percentile: 48%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.46-5 | < 5.14.6-1 | < 5.14.6-1 | < 5.14.6-1
- ubuntu•linux
< 5.4.0-90.101
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 5.4.0-1059.62
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
< 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
< 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | < 5.4.0-1063.66
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
< 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
< 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 5.4.0-1021.24
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 5.4.0-1036.42 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | < 5.4.0-1057.61
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
< 5.11.0-1021.23~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
< 5.4.0-1057.61~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
< 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
< 5.4.0-1055.58
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4
< 5.4.0-1055.58~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
< 5.4.0-1026.27
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4
< 5.4.0-1026.27~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11
< 5.11.0-38.42~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.4
< 5.4.0-90.101~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-ibm
< 5.4.0-1007.8
- ubuntu•linux-intel-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 5.4.0-1049.51
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10
< 5.10.0-1050.52
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13
< 5.13.0-1017.21
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 5.4.0-1057.61
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.11
< 5.11.0-1020.21~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.4
< 5.4.0-1057.61~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi
< 5.4.0-1046.50
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References (14)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1997958
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3739
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/25/3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4571b8c5e9ffa1e85c0c671995bd4dcc5c75091
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4571b8c5e9ffa1e85c0c671995bd4dcc5c75091
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0006/
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/20210806102415.304717-1-wqu@suse.com/T/#u
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5113-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5115-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5117-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5137-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5137-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3739
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3739