CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-47179

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.67%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, NFSv4 fixed a NULL pointer dereference in pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return(). The function did not check if the struct pnfs_layout_range argument had a value before dereferencing it, causing an oops.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may lead to system crashes during NFS v4.1/v4.2 operations, potentially disrupting file services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2021-47179.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() Commit de144ff4234f changes _pnfs_return_layout() to call pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() passing NULL as the struct pnfs_layout_range argument. Unfortunately, pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() doesn't check if we have a value here before dereferencing it, causing an oops. I'm able to hit this crash consistently when running connectathon basic tests on NFS v4.1/v4.2 against Ontap.

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