Bug 2282547 (CVE-2021-47260)

Summary: CVE-2021-47260 kernel: NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client()
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Fixed In Version: kernel 4.4.273, kernel 4.9.273, kernel 4.14.237, kernel 4.19.195, kernel 5.4.126, kernel 5.10.44, kernel 5.12.11, kernel 5.13 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's NFS client code in the nfs_get_client() function. If this function unexpectedly returns a NULL value, it can cause the kernel to crash.
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Description ybuenos 2024-05-22 14:29:14 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47260 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052147-CVE-2021-47260-4a4b@gregkh/T
Comment 3 Alex 2024-06-09 15:43:11 UTC 
The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47260 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact MODERATE (that is approximation based on flags NULLPTR DISK SIMPLEFIX IMPROVEONLY  ; these flags parsed automatically based on patche data). Such automatic check happens only for Low/Moderates (and only when not from reporter, but parsing already existing CVE). Highs always checked manually (I check it myself and then we check it again in Remediation team). In rare cases some of the Moderates could be increased to High later.