CVE-2021-47179
CVE-2021-47179CVE-2021-47179
linux / linux_kernel
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |