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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-89672

| EUVDEUVD-2026-76584 CRITICAL
2026-09-11 Linux GHSA-cpgj-m749-r929
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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6.5 MEDIUM

Requires a client with access to an NFSACL v2 export to issue SETACL (PR:L), no user interaction; impact is ACL deletion so I:H but C:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Sep 13, 2026 - 09:42 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 13, 2026 - 07:22 NVD
9.1 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Sep 11, 2026 - 21:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:45 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:45 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.1

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: gate nfs2 setacl by argp->mask

The NFSACL v2 SETACL path shares the decoder convention used by its v3 sibling: nfsaclsvc_decode_setaclargs() fills in argp->acl_access only when NFS_ACL is set in the request mask and argp->acl_default only when NFS_DFACL is set, leaving the other pointer NULL because the argument buffer is zeroed up to pc_argzero before decode.

nfsacld_proc_setacl() then hands both pointers to set_posix_acl() unconditionally. set_posix_acl(idmap, dentry, type, NULL) is the VFS "remove this ACL type" operation, so an omitted arm is indistinguishable from an explicit request to delete that ACL. A SETACL carrying only NFS_ACL silently strips the directory's default ACL; mask=0 strips both.

This is the same defect just fixed in nfsd3_proc_setacl(); apply the same remedy. Gate each set_posix_acl() call on its mask bit and initialize error to 0 so that a request with neither bit set leaves the on-disk ACLs untouched and returns success. The out_drop_lock path and the unconditional posix_acl_release() in nfsaclsvc_release_setacl() already tolerate the skipped arms.

AnalysisAI

Unintended ACL deletion in the Linux kernel NFSD server affects the NFSACL v2 SETACL path, where nfsacld_proc_setacl() passes both the access and default ACL pointers to set_posix_acl() unconditionally even when the request mask omits one of them. Because set_posix_acl(..., NULL) is the VFS 'remove this ACL type' operation, an NFS client sending a SETACL that carries only NFS_ACL silently strips the directory's default ACL, and a mask of 0 strips both, corrupting on-disk access controls. …

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Exploitation Requires an NFS server that has NFSD built with NFSACL (POSIX-ACL-over-NFS) support and is exporting a filesystem using version-2 NFSACL to clients. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The published CVSS 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:H/I:H/A:N) overstates real-world risk on several axes. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Vendor-released patch: update to Linux 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, or 7.3-rc1 (or your distribution's backported build carrying commit e41d173d9dc735cecb15ab7aa63ecab09338f81b / f951b22dbeec46f2e0fba81cb80d1b0c686b61eb / 37eea38e7898538f0ec5f1eb8b18d8646e4be41c / a3a7e20ed66d3f04d37883c398da8a113b430769), referencing https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41d173d9dc735cecb15ab7aa63ecab09338f81b. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, conduct an inventory of Linux NFS servers in your environment and identify which systems run NFSD with NFSACLv2 enabled, documenting your NFS client versions to understand exposure surface. …

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