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CVE-2021-4157

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CVE-2021-4157

Published: Mar 25, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

kernel

affected
kernel 5.13-rc1

Weaknesses (CWE)

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