CVE-2021-3739

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the btrfs_rm_device function in fs/btrfs/volumes.c in the Linux Kernel, where triggering the bug requires ‘CAP_SYS_ADMIN’. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3739

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3739.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.14.2.zen1-2
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.14.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.46-5
debian debianforkyfixed5.14.6-1
debian debiansidfixed5.14.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.14.6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.