CVE-2021-47107

NFSD: Fix READDIR buffer overflow

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 4, 2024 at 06:15 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix READDIR buffer overflow If a client sends a READDIR count argument that is too small (say, zero), then the buffer size calculation in the new init_dirlist helper functions results in an underflow, allowing the XDR stream functions to write beyond the actual buffer. This calculation has always been suspect. NFSD has never sanity- checked the READDIR count argument, but the old entry encoders managed the problem correctly. With the commits below, entry encoding changed, exposing the underflow to the pointer arithmetic in xdr_reserve_space(). Modern NFS clients attempt to retrieve as much data as possible for each READDIR request. Also, we have no unit tests that exercise the behavior of READDIR at the lower bound of @count values. Thus this case was missed during testing.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.13 ≤ v < 5.15.1237aa5e64022243e721b8334122997881177a4cfc5.165.16 rc15.16 rc25.16 rc35.16 rc45.16 rc55.16 rc67f87fc2d34d475225e78b7f5c4eabb121f4282b2
Vendor states this is fixed in 53b1119a6e5028b125f431a0116ba73510d82a72 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9e291a6a28d32545ed2fd959a8165144d1724df1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eabc0aab98e5218ceecd82069b0d6fdfff5ee885 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)

References (4)

ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b1119a6e5028b125f431a0116ba73510d82a72
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e291a6a28d32545ed2fd959a8165144d1724df1
ExploitMailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eabc0aab98e5218ceecd82069b0d6fdfff5ee885
Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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