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CVE-2021-47002

kernel: SUNRPC: Fix null pointer dereference in svc_rqst_free()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 28, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: Fix null pointer dereference in svc_rqst_free()

When alloc_pages_node() returns null in svc_rqst_alloc(), the null rq_scratch_page pointer will be dereferenced when calling put_page() in svc_rqst_free(). Fix it by adding a null check.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference after null check")

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference