# CVE-2021-47166: NFS: Don't corrupt the value of pg\_bytes\_written in nfs\_do\_recoalesce()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-25 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Don't corrupt the value of pg_bytes_written in nfs_do_recoalesce() The value of mirror->pg_bytes_written should only be updated after a successful attempt to flush out the requests on the list.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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