CVE-2026-89704

nfsd: sample writeback error cursor before async COPY loop

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: sample writeback error cursor before async COPY loop _nfsd_copy_file_range() samples dst->f_wb_err into "since" after the copy loop, then uses it to detect writeback errors via filemap_check_wb_err() once vfs_fsync_range() returns. Because the nfsd_file cache reuses a single struct file across requests targeting the same inode, a concurrent COMMIT or stable WRITE on dst advances dst->f_wb_err to the current mapping->wb_err via file_check_and_advance_wb_err() during its own vfs_fsync_range(). If that advancement lands between the writeback error appearing in mapping->wb_err and the COPY worker sampling "since", the worker captures the already-advanced cursor, errseq_check() sees cur == since and returns zero, and NFSD4_COPY_F_COMMITTED is set even though writeback failed. CB_OFFLOAD then encodes wr_stable_how = FILE_SYNC4, the client treats the copied data as durable, and the failure becomes silent data loss. Sample since once at the start of the function. The cursor then reflects state in effect before this COPY issues any writes, and filemap_check_wb_err() detects any error that occurs during the copy regardless of which thread first observes it. This matches the pattern used by nfsd_vfs_write() and nfsd4_clone_file_range().

Affected

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

3145fe0ebb16e1715ad541a301bc6675c8375fcd5.10.1245.15.495.17555dbf1a9aac6d3150c8b52fa35f768a692f4eebf14816f2f928c560d28ba344af689f56efcd6f55
Vendor states this is fixed in 20a67a7d18221af736f124770c2c5e859b479046 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 322422d66d1a04434a0dcc0c9d3a4c4b3f225117 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 435e4246c7dfff2fbd76dfdbf91975d5d9f788c9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4728504c021656128a07f4693af80ed4a5fcc863 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52b2db7a72e19ac2686fa4b2a52406661e7bf9e2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8277d4a11ae2cb5495842be558fd946032c24363 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f539a1c0791f907eb4e6d04b43178d9962e2def (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a1cbafe756cd5e6ab0e099062f37da7a5b081169 (fixed)
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 5.17 (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

7.5HIGHLinux
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