CVE-2021-47506

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.4.296 - Use-After-Free in NFS Delegation Recall

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix use-after-free due to delegation race A delegation break could arrive as soon as we've called vfs_setlease. A delegation break runs a callback which immediately (in nfsd4_cb_recall_prepare) adds the delegation to del_recall_lru. If we then exit nfs4_set_delegation without hashing the delegation, it will be freed as soon as the callback is done with it, without ever being removed from del_recall_lru. Symptoms show up later as use-after-free or list corruption warnings, usually in the laundromat thread. I suspect aba2072f4523 "nfsd: grant read delegations to clients holding writes" made this bug easier to hit, but I looked as far back as v3.0 and it looks to me it already had the same problem. So I'm not sure where the bug was introduced; it may have been there from the beginning.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 17.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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 (20)
Linux/Linux < 3.17
Linux/Linux 3.17
Linux/Linux 4.14.259 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.222 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.4.296 - 4.4.*
Linux/Linux 4.9.294 - 4.9.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.85 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.8 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.4.168 - 5.4.*
... and 10 more
Published May 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026