Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-4157
High 8.0
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | bpftool | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-core | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-cross-headers | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-core | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-doc | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-headers | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules-extra | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | perf | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-perf | 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1988 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4157 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4157 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4157 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 | RLSA-2022:1988 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel-rt | 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8 | RLSA-2022:1975 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4157 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4157 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4157 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034342 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210517140244.822185482%40linuxfoundation.org/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0007/ x_refsource_CONFIRM