CVE-2021-47002
kernel: SUNRPC: Fix null pointer dereference in svc_rqst_free()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference