VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-47307
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options() The optional @ref parameter might contain an NULL node_name, so prevent dereferencing it in cifs_compose_mount_options().
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.68%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options() The optional @ref parameter might contain an NULL node_name, so prevent dereferencing it in cifs_compose_mount_options(). Addresses-Coverity: 1476408 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03313d1c3a2f086bb60920607ab79ac8f8578306Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3d181f4e912f51af7776ea165f199b16fc165dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e58c162789becede894d3e94c0ce6695a2ef5796Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d1fa65e74263d11f90ddd33b4d4cd905a93759Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03313d1c3a2f086bb60920607ab79ac8f8578306Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3d181f4e912f51af7776ea165f199b16fc165dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e58c162789becede894d3e94c0ce6695a2ef5796Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d1fa65e74263d11f90ddd33b4d4cd905a93759Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.