Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-89674

Linux Linux

nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget The XDR buffer size calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget() has multiple errors that can result in either an out-of-bounds write or leaking uninitialized kernel memory to the client: - fh_len doesn't account for XDR padding on the file handle data - uid and gid lengths use "8 + len" but xdr_encode_opaque() actually writes "4 + xdr_align_size(len)" bytes - ds_len omits the flags and stats_collect_hint fields (8 bytes), while len's header constant overestimates by 8 bytes -- these partially cancel but leave a net mismatch The worst case occurs with short strings (e.g. uid=0, gid=0 with an odd-sized file handle), where the function writes up to 5 bytes past the reserved XDR buffer. Conversely, when string lengths happen to be 4-byte aligned, the reservation is too large and stale buffer content is sent to the client. Fix this by breaking out every encoded field explicitly in the ds_len calculation, using xdr_align_size() for all variable-length opaque fields, and correcting the header constants.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.8Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 4.8 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < 29e4478e2ed5a227e8f0c33cacb91bf227cedd47 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < 65a72b721943618eeb3a41c8b36e915591f3f83f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < bee826c00ac900473f91306f1f3e5a5a81fd4a74 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < 3a7fd224df0fbb42167eb1b77be45d72fe0b1098 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < 0380129b1373c437eb35401a174671c8888f4b80 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < c81cef6a805dec266c10fc4f83c93d6fcf1a2b43 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < f9868174af49d207fbaf0c5e055d088a983684af CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25 ≤ v < e7d9d23ecd9172f05b09bb678ff22db8e361c428 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-09-11
Last updated
2026-10-19
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.51%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
44%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

Weaknesses (CWE)

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