DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28964

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Published: 22 Mar 2021, 09:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Mar 2021, 09:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    < 5.10.26-1 | < 5.10.26-1 | < 5.10.26-1 | < 5.10.26-1

References (1)