CVE-2021-4148

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2022 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:19 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelFedoraKernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's block_invalidatepage in fs/buffer.c in the filesystem. A missing sanity check may allow a local attacker with user privilege to cause a denial of service (DOS) problem.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.14.16
Affected range stops below 5.14.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2026487
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/12/323
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/17/1037

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-354

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