CVE-2021-4157

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4157
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.13 - All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-4157 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[PATCH 5.4 061/141] pNFS/flexfiles: fix incorrect size check in decode_nfs_fh() - Greg Kroah-Hartman MISC lore.kernel.org
2034342 – (CVE-2021-4157) CVE-2021-4157 kernel: Buffer overwrite in decode_nfs_fh function MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[PATCH 5.4 061/141] pNFS/flexfiles: fix incorrect size check in decode_nfs_fh() - Greg Kroah-Hartman lore.kernel.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159777 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9348)
  • 159825 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-1988)
  • 180573 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-4157)
  • 240275 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1975)
  • 240298 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:1988)
  • 377053 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0028)
  • 390261 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0014)
  • 671380 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1292)
  • 671436 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1352)
  • 671474 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1429)
  • 671543 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1475)
  • 671561 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1523)
  • 671703 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1735)
  • 752340 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2377-1)
  • 752349 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2382-1)
  • 752354 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2393-1)
  • 752359 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2411-1)
  • 752360 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2407-1)
  • 752363 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2423-1)
  • 752364 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2422-1)
  • 752391 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2549-1)
  • 752463 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2809-1)
  • 753271 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2424-1)
  • 753362 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2376-1)
  • 900792 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9264)
  • 901312 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9264-1)
  • 906046 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9264-2)
  • 940517 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:1988)
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