NFSv4: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47179
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.68 % · percentile 52 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 80e34f4957ec3010c85f9bb0b568a8d46acdf535 < 4e1ba532dbc1a0e19fc2458d74ab8d98680c4e42 ; affected 7b7b9774643220e53eef58c15bb29bd4182fe053 < 42637ca25c7d7b5a92804a679af5192e8c1a9f48 ; affected 9ffa7967f9379a0a1b924e9ffeda709d72237da7 < 39785761feadf261bc5101372b0b0bbaf6a94494 ; affected 6be0e4b59314e4a836495f6ffdc5d2c5b079deeb < aba3c7795f51717ae316f3566442dee7cc3eeccb ; affected 2fafe7d5047f98791afd9a1d90d2afb70debc590 < f9890652185b72b8de9ebeb4406037640b6e1b53 ; affected 7e65ea887d0c0997f3053acd91a027af45e71c5b < b090d110e66636bca473fd8b98d5c97b555a965a
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.9.269 < 4.9.271 ; affected 4.14.233 < 4.14.235 ; affected 4.19.191 < 4.19.193 ; affected 5.4.118 < 5.4.124 ; affected 5.10.36 < 5.10.42 ; affected 5.12.3 < 5.12.9

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD