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CVE-2021-47167

kernel: NFS: Fix an Oopsable condition in __nfs_pageio_add_request()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 25, 2024

Updated · October 3, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in the NFS module of the Linux kernel, where a potential system crash (Oops) occurred due to improper handling of the mirror array in __nfs_pageio_add_request(). The nfs_pageio_error_cleanup() function did not correctly reset the mirror array, leading to inconsistencies when the structure was empty.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.

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-99 · Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')