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CVE-2021-47107

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Published: Mar 4, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix READDIR buffer overflow If a client sends a READDIR count argument that is too small (say, zero), then the buffer size calculation in the new init_dirlist helper functions results in an underflow, allowing the XDR stream functions to write beyond the actual buffer. This calculation has always been suspect. NFSD has never sanity- checked the READDIR count argument, but the old entry encoders managed the problem correctly. With the commits below, entry encoding changed, exposing the underflow to the pointer arithmetic in xdr_reserve_space(). Modern NFS clients attempt to retrieve as much data as possible for each READDIR request. Also, we have no unit tests that exercise the behavior of READDIR at the lower bound of @count values. Thus this case was missed during testing.

Affected (7)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
7 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
From 5.13 to 5.15.12
Version 5.16 rc1
Version 5.16 rc2
Version 5.16 rc3
Version 5.16 rc4
Version 5.16 rc5
Version 5.16 rc6

References (7)

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e

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