CVE-2026-89674

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89674
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89674.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-89674
Downstream
Published
2026-09-11T19:45:58Z
Modified
2026-09-13T03:47:20Z
Summary
nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89674.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9b9960a0ca4773e21c4b153ed355583946346b25
Fixed
e7d9d23ecd9172f05b09bb678ff22db8e361c428
Fixed
0380129b1373c437eb35401a174671c8888f4b80
Fixed
c81cef6a805dec266c10fc4f83c93d6fcf1a2b43
Fixed
f9868174af49d207fbaf0c5e055d088a983684af

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89674.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.8.0
Fixed
6.12.109
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.50
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89674.json"