CVE-2026-89674

nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:45 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

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

4.89b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25
Vendor states this is fixed in 0380129b1373c437eb35401a174671c8888f4b80 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 29e4478e2ed5a227e8f0c33cacb91bf227cedd47 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3a7fd224df0fbb42167eb1b77be45d72fe0b1098 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 65a72b721943618eeb3a41c8b36e915591f3f83f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bee826c00ac900473f91306f1f3e5a5a81fd4a74 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c81cef6a805dec266c10fc4f83c93d6fcf1a2b43 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e7d9d23ecd9172f05b09bb678ff22db8e361c428 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f9868174af49d207fbaf0c5e055d088a983684af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (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

9.8CRITICALLinux
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