The vulnerability of the btrfs Drop_extent_map_range() function in the fs/btrfs/extent_map.c file of the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the btrfs DropExtentMapRange function in the fs/btrfs/extentmap.c file of the Linux kernel operating system is related to the execution of a loop with an unreachable exit condition an “infinite loop”. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service...