CVE-2026-89672

nfsd: gate nfs2 setacl by argp->mask

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:45 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: gate nfs2 setacl by argp->mask The NFSACL v2 SETACL path shares the decoder convention used by its v3 sibling: nfsaclsvc_decode_setaclargs() fills in argp->acl_access only when NFS_ACL is set in the request mask and argp->acl_default only when NFS_DFACL is set, leaving the other pointer NULL because the argument buffer is zeroed up to pc_argzero before decode. nfsacld_proc_setacl() then hands both pointers to set_posix_acl() unconditionally. set_posix_acl(idmap, dentry, type, NULL) is the VFS "remove this ACL type" operation, so an omitted arm is indistinguishable from an explicit request to delete that ACL. A SETACL carrying only NFS_ACL silently strips the directory's default ACL; mask=0 strips both. This is the same defect just fixed in nfsd3_proc_setacl(); apply the same remedy. Gate each set_posix_acl() call on its mask bit and initialize error to 0 so that a request with neither bit set leaves the on-disk ACLs untouched and returns success. The out_drop_lock path and the unconditional posix_acl_release() in nfsaclsvc_release_setacl() already tolerate the skipped arms.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.13a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055
Vendor states this is fixed in 37eea38e7898538f0ec5f1eb8b18d8646e4be41c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e4422b05f410f95c51b68a0db4bf1d87f6d22f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a3a7e20ed66d3f04d37883c398da8a113b430769 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e41d173d9dc735cecb15ab7aa63ecab09338f81b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f951b22dbeec46f2e0fba81cb80d1b0c686b61eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

9.1CRITICALLinux
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