CVE-2021-47145
5.5 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2021-47145 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on March 25, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: do not BUG_ON in link_to_fixup_dir
While doing error injection testing I got the following panic
kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:1862!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 7836 Comm: mount Not tainted 5.13.0-rc1+ #305
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-2.fc32 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:link_to_fixup_dir+0xd5/0xe0
RSP: 0018:ffffb5800180fa30 EFLAGS: 00010216
RAX: fffffffffffffffb RBX: 00000000fffffffb RCX: ffff8f595287faf0
RDX: ffffb5800180fa37 RSI: ffff8f5954978800 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff8f5953af9450 R08: 0000000000000019 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 000151f408682970 R11: 0000000120021001 R12: ffff8f5954978800
R13: ffff8f595287faf0 R14: ffff8f5953c77dd0 R15: 0000000000000065
FS: 00007fc5284c8c40(0000) GS:ffff8f59bbd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc5287f47c0 CR3: 000000011275e00
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0, < 4.4.271 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2021-47145?
CVE-2021-47145 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on March 25, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2021-47145?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2021-47145?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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