# CVE-2021-47168: NFS: fix an incorrect limit in filelayout\_decode\_layout()

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-25 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.37

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: fix an incorrect limit in filelayout_decode_layout() The "sizeof(struct nfs_fh)" is two bytes too large and could lead to memory corruption. It should be NFS_MAXFHSIZE because that's the size of the ->data[] buffer. I reversed the size of the arguments to put the variable on the left.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d280ab53df1d4a1043bd7a9e7c6a2f9cfbfe040
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b287521e9e94bb342ebe5fd8c3fd7db9aef4e6f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f299522eda1566cbfbae4b15c82970fc41b03714
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/945ebef997227ca8c20bad7f8a8358c8ee57a84a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e411df81cd862ef3d5b878120b2a2fef0ca9cdb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b367fe770b1b80d7bf64ed0d177544a44405f6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34fb628f6ef522f996205a9e578216bbee09e84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/769b01ea68b6c49dc3cde6adf7e53927dacbd3a8

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