{"cve":"CVE-2021-47168","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-25T10:15:08.773","modified":"2026-08-04T10:16:50.143","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nNFS: fix an incorrect limit in filelayout_decode_layout()\n\nThe \"sizeof(struct nfs_fh)\" is two bytes too large and could lead to\nmemory corruption.  It should be NFS_MAXFHSIZE because that's the size\nof the ->data[] buffer.\n\nI reversed the size of the arguments to put the variable on the left.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/769b01ea68b6c49dc3cde6adf7e53927dacbd3a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/945ebef997227ca8c20bad7f8a8358c8ee57a84a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b367fe770b1b80d7bf64ed0d177544a44405f6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d280ab53df1d4a1043bd7a9e7c6a2f9cfbfe040","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b287521e9e94bb342ebe5fd8c3fd7db9aef4e6f1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:47:51.568503435+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47168","score":0.00766,"percentile":0.55499,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}