CVE-2026-89691

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: clear opcnt on compound arg release to prevent OOB read nfsd4_release_compoundargs() resets args->ops to the inline iops[8] array when the dynamically-allocated ops buffer is freed, but leaves args->opcnt at its original value (which can be up to 200 for NFSv4.1+ compounds). If rq_status_counter is stuck at an odd value (which can happen when nfsd_dispatch() hits an error path after setting it odd), the RPC status dumpit handler reads min(opcnt, 16) entries from args->ops[]. Since iops only has 8 elements and is the last field in struct nfsd4_compoundargs, reading indices 8-15 accesses adjacent slab memory and leaks it to userspace via netlink. Zero opcnt unconditionally in nfsd4_release_compoundargs() so stale compound metadata is never exposed through the status interface. [ cel: Remove the kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() sleep from the exposure window ]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e879148867bd4c4cac42e063ffaffa187dddc6fe

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1a4f7b1848f95302df598217e1c7a1410c2d0c5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae4c38555e81563b8dc5eae55ffd70f0ea97aa5a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bcdfb2b2e412088839ae740b1a95154dc0b8d0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00168