UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-89674
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget The XDR buffer size calculat
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
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0380129b1373c437eb35401a174671c8888f4b80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81cef6a805dec266c10fc4f83c93d6fcf1a2b43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d9d23ecd9172f05b09bb678ff22db8e361c428
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9868174af49d207fbaf0c5e055d088a983684af
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-11 via NVD.
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