CVE-2021-3178

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8, when there is an NFS export of a subdirectory of a filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to other parts of the filesystem via READDIRPLUS. NOTE: some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is not intended to prevent this attack; see also the exports(5) no_subtree_check default behavior

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3178

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3178.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.4.92-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.12-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.12-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.12-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.12-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.12-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.