CVE-2021-47259

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.13-<4.14.237 - Use-After-Free in NFS Client Initialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix use-after-free in nfs4_init_client() KASAN reports a use-after-free when attempting to mount two different exports through two different NICs that belong to the same server. Olga was able to hit this with kernels starting somewhere between 5.7 and 5.10, but I traced the patch that introduced the clear_bit() call to 4.13. So something must have changed in the refcounting of the clp pointer to make this call to nfs_put_client() the very last one.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0111
EPSS Percentile 61.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (16)
Linux/Linux < 4.13
Linux/Linux 4.13
Linux/Linux 4.14.237 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.195 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.44 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.11 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.4.126 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 8dcbec6d20eb881ba368d0aebc3a8a678aebb1da - 3e3c7ebbfac152d08be75c92802a64a1f6471a15
Linux/Linux 8dcbec6d20eb881ba368d0aebc3a8a678aebb1da - 42c10b0db064e45f5c5ae7019bbf2168ffab766c
... and 6 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026