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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-89702

| EUVDEUVD-2026-76614 CRITICAL
2026-09-11 Linux GHSA-vwc6-74mr-xh83
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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5.6 MEDIUM

Remote NFS request triggers it (AV:N) but only when tracing is enabled by an operator, making it config-gated (AC:H); impact is bounded to the kernel trace ring buffer with root-only leak, so C/I/A each Low.

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Sep 13, 2026 - 10:00 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 13, 2026 - 07:22 NVD
9.8 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Sep 11, 2026 - 21:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:46 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:46 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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

nfsd: size fh_verify server sockaddr slot by xpt_locallen

The nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err tracepoints declare the server sockaddr slot sized by xpt_remotelen but fill it from xpt_local using xpt_locallen:

TP_STRUCT__entry( ... __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen) ... ) TP_fast_assign( ... __assign_sockaddr(server, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_local, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_locallen); ... )

When xpt_locallen exceeds xpt_remotelen, __assign_sockaddr's memcpy writes past the reserved ring-buffer slot. In the reverse direction (xpt_locallen < xpt_remotelen) the slot is oversized and the unwritten tail leaks prior ring-buffer contents to trace consumers.

The write-past-end case is reachable on NFS/UDP. svc_xprt_set_remote() is only called from svc_tcp_accept() (net/sunrpc/svcsock.c) and from the RDMA connect path; svc_create_socket() for UDP calls only svc_xprt_set_local(), so xpt_remotelen stays 0 for the xprt's lifetime. Every fh_verify trace for an NFSv2/v3-over-UDP request then copies 16 or 28 bytes from xpt_local into a zero-byte slot.

The other NFSD tracepoints that record the server address (NFSD_TRACE_PROC_CALL_FIELDS, NFSD_TRACE_PROC_RES_FIELDS, SVC_RQST_ENDPOINT_FIELDS) already size the server slot by xpt_locallen; nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err were the only exceptions.

Fix by sizing the server slot with xpt_locallen so the declared slot matches the copy length. The client slot and its assignment already agree on xpt_remotelen and are left untouched.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds ring-buffer write and stale-memory disclosure in the Linux kernel NFSD server affects the nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err tracepoints, which reserve a server-address trace slot sized by the transport's remote-address length (xpt_remotelen) but populate it from the local address using xpt_locallen. On NFSv2/v3-over-UDP, xpt_remotelen stays zero for the transport's lifetime, so every file-handle verification copies 16 or 28 bytes past a zero-byte slot; in the reverse case an oversized slot leaks prior ring-buffer contents to trace consumers. …

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Exploitation Requires the nfsd_fh_verify or nfsd_fh_verify_err tracepoint to be actively enabled on the NFS server (a local administrator/root action via ftrace/tracefs - not enabled by default). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The published CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:H/I:H/A:H) is grossly overstated for the real-world condition. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade to a fixed kernel - 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, or 7.3-rc1 (or your distribution's backport of these commits). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, identify which systems run NFSD and confirm their kernel versions relative to the patched versions (6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3-rc1 and later); also verify whether nfsd_fh_verify tracepoint monitoring is currently enabled. …

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