CVE-2021-47179 (GCVE-0-2021-47179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-25 09:16 – Updated: 2026-08-05 08:46
VLAI
Title
NFSv4: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return()
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-25 15:17 UTC
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6993 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 80e34f4957ec3010c85f9bb0b568a8d46acdf535 , < 4e1ba532dbc1a0e19fc2458d74ab8d98680c4e42 (git)
Affected: 7b7b9774643220e53eef58c15bb29bd4182fe053 , < 42637ca25c7d7b5a92804a679af5192e8c1a9f48 (git)
Affected: 9ffa7967f9379a0a1b924e9ffeda709d72237da7 , < 39785761feadf261bc5101372b0b0bbaf6a94494 (git)
Affected: 6be0e4b59314e4a836495f6ffdc5d2c5b079deeb , < aba3c7795f51717ae316f3566442dee7cc3eeccb (git)
Affected: 2fafe7d5047f98791afd9a1d90d2afb70debc590 , < f9890652185b72b8de9ebeb4406037640b6e1b53 (git)
Affected: 7e65ea887d0c0997f3053acd91a027af45e71c5b , < b090d110e66636bca473fd8b98d5c97b555a965a (git)
Affected: de144ff4234f935bd2150108019b5d87a90a8a96 , < a421d218603ffa822a0b8045055c03eae394a7eb (git)
Affected: 96260bde1ea8ae31a5402fe506abbb8951d5a42c (git)
Affected: 5.11.20 , < 5.12 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.9.269 , < 4.9.271 (semver)
Affected: 4.14.233 , < 4.14.235 (semver)
Affected: 4.19.191 , < 4.19.193 (semver)
Affected: 5.4.118 , < 5.4.124 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.36 , < 5.10.42 (semver)
Affected: 5.12.3 , < 5.12.9 (semver)
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