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CVE-2021-3428 Moderate

CVE-2021-3428

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A denial of service problem is identified if an extent tree is corrupted in a crafted ext4 filesystem in fs/ext4/extents.c in ext4_es_cache_extent. Fabricating an integer overflow, A local attacker with a special user privilege may cause a system crash problem which can lead to an availability threat.

Exploit probability 0.3%
Published March 4, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change March 14, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

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03 / CONNECTIONS

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04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-3428

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A denial of service problem is identified if an extent tree is corrupted in a crafted ext4 filesystem in fs/ext4/extents.c in ext4_es_cache_extent. Fabricating an integer overflow, A local attacker with a special user privilege may cause a system crash problem which can lead to an availability threat.

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05 / REFERENCES

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