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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3428 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 Not scored
Published March 15, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

65 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

83 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux

149 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

82 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

42 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

62 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

126 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws

105 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

90 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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

Further evidence