VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-4157
A user, having access to the NFS mount, could potentially use this flaw to crash the system or escalate privileges on the system.
HIGH 8.0EPSS 1.58%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An out of memory bounds write flaw (1 or 2 bytes of memory) in the Linux kernel NFS subsystem was found in the way users use mirroring (replication of files with NFS). A user, having access to the NFS mount, could potentially use this flaw to crash the system or escalate privileges on the system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.58% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/h300e firmware · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500e firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700e firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h410s firmware · oracle/communications cloud native core binding support function
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034342Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210517140244.822185482%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034342Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210517140244.822185482%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.