vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-47307: kernel: cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 21, 2024 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 21, 2024
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()
The optional @ref parameter might contain an NULL node_name, so
prevent dereferencing it in cifs_compose_mount_options().
Addresses-Coverity: 1476408 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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