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Ubuntu: USN-5096-1 (CVE-2021-38203): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5096-1 (CVE-2021-38203): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/08/2021
Created
10/02/2021
Added
09/30/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1014-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04c

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