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CVE-2021-47433

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem, specifically affecting the btrfs_replace_file_extents function. This flaw could lead to filesystem corruption and missing file extents due to incorrect error handling logic during file operations. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, resulting in a high impact on availability (data loss or corruption). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.10.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.14.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47433Moderate

kernel: btrfs: fix abort logic in btrfs_replace_file_extents

May 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e309e1152fc34ef75991d9d69b165dbf75bf26c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e32a2b85c7d92ece86c17dfef390c5ed79c6378
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4afb912f439c4bc4e6a4f3e7547f2e69e354108f
Patch