Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2024· Updated Dec 18, 2025
cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()
CVE-2021-47307
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")
Affected products
90- osv-coords89 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Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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