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CVE-2021-4157
HIGH · CVSS 8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-03-25T19:15:09.703 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:19:07.877

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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