Vulnerability CVE-2021-4090


Published: 2022-02-18

Description:
An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in the NFSD in the Linux kernel. Missing sanity may lead to a write beyond bmval[bmlen-1] in nfsd4_decode_bitmap4 in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c. In this flaw, a local attacker with user privilege may gain access to out-of-bounds memory, leading to a system integrity and confidentiality threat.

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025101
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/163692036074.16710.5678362976688977923.stgit@klimt.1015granger.net/

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