CVE-2021-33631 | Kernel crash in EXT4 filesystem

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in openEuler kernel on Linux (filesystem modules) allows Forced Integer Overflow.This issue affects openEuler kernel: from 4.19.90 before 4.19.90-2401.3, from 5.10.0-60.18.0 before 5.10.0-183.0.0.

Published: 2024-01-18 Last update: 2025-04-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-33631 is rated Low Risk (32.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-33631

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 0.37% +0.18%
2 2026-04-27 0.26% 0.19% -0.06%
3 2026-03-21 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-33631

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-33631

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-33631

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-33631 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33631
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33631
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33631/
ubuntu low CVE-2021-33631 low priority: Ubuntu including 166 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1752 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1320, released 182, ignored 132, not-affected 118. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33631

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-33631

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openatom openeuler >= 4.19.90, < 4.19.90-2401.3 cpe:2.3:o:openatom:openeuler:*:*:*:*:-:-:*:*
openatom openeuler >= 4.19.90, < 4.19.90-2401.3 cpe:2.3:o:openatom:openeuler:*:*:*:*:-:linux:*:*
openatom openeuler >= 5.10.0-60.18.0, < 5.10.0-183.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:openatom:openeuler:*:*:*:*:-:-:*:*

References for CVE-2021-33631

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/31/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/31/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/02/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/02/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/03/1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c099c4fdc438014d5893629e70a8ba934433ee8 Patch
https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/pulls/1389 Release Notes
https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/pulls/1396 Release Notes
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1030 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1031 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1032 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1033 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1034 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1035 Vendor Advisory
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