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CVE-2021-38201 (GCVE-0-2021-38201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-08 19:26 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Summary
net/sunrpc/xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xdr_set_page_base slab-out-of-bounds access) by performing many NFS 4.2 READ_PLUS operations.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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