Security Advisory

CVE-2021-4157

8
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date March 25, 2022
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory