CVE-2026-89702

nfsd: size fh_verify server sockaddr slot by xpt_locallen

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM 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: size fh_verify server sockaddr slot by xpt_locallen The nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err tracepoints declare the server sockaddr slot sized by xpt_remotelen but fill it from xpt_local using xpt_locallen: TP_STRUCT__entry( ... __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen) ... ) TP_fast_assign( ... __assign_sockaddr(server, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_local, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_locallen); ... ) When xpt_locallen exceeds xpt_remotelen, __assign_sockaddr's memcpy writes past the reserved ring-buffer slot. In the reverse direction (xpt_locallen < xpt_remotelen) the slot is oversized and the unwritten tail leaks prior ring-buffer contents to trace consumers. The write-past-end case is reachable on NFS/UDP. svc_xprt_set_remote() is only called from svc_tcp_accept() (net/sunrpc/svcsock.c) and from the RDMA connect path; svc_create_socket() for UDP calls only svc_xprt_set_local(), so xpt_remotelen stays 0 for the xprt's lifetime. Every fh_verify trace for an NFSv2/v3-over-UDP request then copies 16 or 28 bytes from xpt_local into a zero-byte slot. The other NFSD tracepoints that record the server address (NFSD_TRACE_PROC_CALL_FIELDS, NFSD_TRACE_PROC_RES_FIELDS, SVC_RQST_ENDPOINT_FIELDS) already size the server slot by xpt_locallen; nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err were the only exceptions. Fix by sizing the server slot with xpt_locallen so the declared slot matches the copy length. The client slot and its assignment already agree on xpt_remotelen and are left untouched.

Affected

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

051382885552e12541cc0ebf82092be374a9ed2a5.15.15451382885552e12541cc0ebf82092be374a9ed2a6.062980365d6e894234b29f44fb2bfad4f7f8bb824dcbebc86850324fbe0a993ce352f0539cd98038a
Vendor states this is fixed in 719a10e3f5f868c3c4ac3cf3648c5775d12034bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 71d068490098b1d23c63b2345e40675d3a1ca763 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ff8d6363cffff45654ea85e319f7c0c54226012 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 95d064f9828a20ccca5ae90a17be3e2076f25272 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (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 6.6.160 (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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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALLinux
Vector?

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