FKIE_CVE-2026-89674

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:19 - Updated: 2026-10-19 09:18
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0380129b1373c437eb35401a174671c8888f4b80
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e4478e2ed5a227e8f0c33cacb91bf227cedd47
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7fd224df0fbb42167eb1b77be45d72fe0b1098
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65a72b721943618eeb3a41c8b36e915591f3f83f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee826c00ac900473f91306f1f3e5a5a81fd4a74
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81cef6a805dec266c10fc4f83c93d6fcf1a2b43
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d9d23ecd9172f05b09bb678ff22db8e361c428
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9868174af49d207fbaf0c5e055d088a983684af
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget\n\nThe XDR buffer size calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget() has\nmultiple errors that can result in either an out-of-bounds write or\nleaking uninitialized kernel memory to the client:\n\n - fh_len doesn\u0027t account for XDR padding on the file handle data\n - uid and gid lengths use \"8 + len\" but xdr_encode_opaque() actually\n   writes \"4 + xdr_align_size(len)\" bytes\n - ds_len omits the flags and stats_collect_hint fields (8 bytes),\n   while len\u0027s header constant overestimates by 8 bytes -- these\n   partially cancel but leave a net mismatch\n\nThe worst case occurs with short strings (e.g. uid=0, gid=0 with an\nodd-sized file handle), where the function writes up to 5 bytes past\nthe reserved XDR buffer. Conversely, when string lengths happen to be\n4-byte aligned, the reservation is too large and stale buffer content\nis sent to the client.\n\nFix this by breaking out every encoded field explicitly in the ds_len\ncalculation, using xdr_align_size() for all variable-length opaque\nfields, and correcting the header constants."
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          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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