PT-2020-6721 · Linux+7 · Linux Kernel+7

Rohit Keshri

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Published

2020-06-29

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Updated

2023-04-12

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CVE-2021-3428

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically in the ext4 filesystem, where a corrupted extent tree can cause a denial of service problem. This issue is related to an integer overflow in the ext4 es cache extent function in fs/ext4/extents.c. A local attacker with special user privileges can exploit this issue by fabricating an integer overflow, potentially leading to a system crash and an availability threat.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Integer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3058
ALT-PU-2020-3211
ALT-PU-2020-3553
ALT-PU-2020-3570
ALT-PU-2021-1083
ALT-PU-2021-1105
ALT-PU-2021-1621
ALT-PU-2021-1656
ALT-PU-2021-1739
ALT-PU-2021-1862
ALT-PU-2021-1866
ALT-PU-2021-1870
BDU:2022-05774
CESA-2021_1578
CESA-2021_1739
CVE-2021-3428
DLA-2610-1
DLA-2689-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0532-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0758-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1975-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1977-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0532-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0758-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1975-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1977-1
RHSA-2021:1578
RHSA-2021:1739
RHSA-2021_1578
RHSA-2021_1739
SUSE-SU-2021:1175-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1176-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1177-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1210-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1211-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1238-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1573-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1596-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1624-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1625-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1975-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1977-1
USN-4979-1
USN-5137-1
USN-5137-2
USN-6001-1
USN-6013-1
USN-6014-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu