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CVE-2021-47166

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47166 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's NFS component. It involves a bug in the nfs_do_recoalesce() function where the pg_bytes_written value could be corrupted before a successful flush, leading to potential data integrity issues. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, potentially causing high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, < 4.4.271CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, < 4.9.271CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.235CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.193CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.124CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47166Moderate

kernel: NFS: Don't corrupt the value of pg_bytes_written in nfs_do_recoalesce()

Mar 25, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0d0ea309357dea0d85a82815f02157eb7fcda39f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2fe1cac336b55a1f79e603e9ce3552c3623e90eb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/40f139a6d50c232c0d1fd1c5e65a845c62db0ede
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7087db95c0a06ab201b8ebfac6a7ec1e34257997
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/785917316b25685c9b3a2a88f933139f2de75e33
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b291baae24f876acd5a5dd57d0bb2bbac8a68b0c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c757c1f1e65d89429db1409429436cf40d47c008
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e8b8418ce14ae66ee55179901edd12191ab06a9e
Patch