CVE-2021-47259

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix use-after-free in nfs4_init_client() KASAN reports a use-after-free when attempting to mount two different exports through two different NICs that belong to the same server. Olga was able to hit this with kernels starting somewhere between 5.7 and 5.10, but I traced the patch that introduced the clear_bit() call to 4.13. So something must have changed in the refcounting of the clp pointer to make this call to nfs_put_client() the very last one.

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-2021-47259

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47259.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.46-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.46-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.46-1

References

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