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CVE-2021-28964

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.27%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-03-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2021-28964
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.27%
Linux

Original NVD 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.

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