{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-89664","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.745Z","datePublished":"2026-09-11T19:45:51.319Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-13T06:32:46.562Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-13T06:32:46.562Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: release OPEN-decoded posix ACLs via op_release\n\nnfsd4_decode_createhow4() calls nfsd4_decode_fattr4(), which allocates\nrefcounted struct posix_acl objects via posix_acl_alloc() and stores\nthem in open->op_pacl and open->op_dpacl. These pointers must be\nreleased once the OPEN compound finishes.\n\nWhen nfsd4_decode_open_claim4() returns a non-seqid-mutating error,\nthe dispatcher short-circuits before op_func runs:\n\n    nfsd4_proc_compound()\n      if (op->status && op->opnum == OP_OPEN)\n          op->status = nfsd4_open_omfg(...)\n              if (!seqid_mutating_err(ntohl(op->status)))\n                  return op->status;   /* nfsd4_open() never runs */\n      ...\n      opdesc->op_release(&op->u)  /* must still release op_pacl/op_dpacl */\n\nBefore this change OP_OPEN had no .op_release in nfsd4_ops[], and the\nrelease pair lived inside nfsd4_open() at its out_err: label. On the\nshort-circuit path nfsd4_open() is never invoked, so both posix_acl\nrefs leak on every malformed OPEN compound that carries valid POSIX\nACL createhow4 attributes.\n\nAdd nfsd4_open_release() and wire it as .op_release for OP_OPEN.\nposix_acl_release() is NULL-safe, so the single release site covers\nboth the normal path and the nfsd4_open_omfg short-circuit. Remove\nthe matching posix_acl_release() pair from nfsd4_open()'s out_err:\nlabel to avoid double-releasing.\n\nThe compound loop has two encoding branches: nfsd4_encode_operation()\nfor normal ops, and nfsd4_encode_replay() for v4.0 replayed ops.\nop_release was only called from nfsd4_encode_operation(), so resources\nattached to op->u leak on the replay path.\n\nMove the op_release() call out of nfsd4_encode_operation() and the\nreplay branch, placing it after the if-else in nfsd4_proc_compound().\nThis gives a single call site in a fairly obviously-correct place,\ncovering both the normal encoding and replay paths."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:N - The leak is in nfsd NFSv4 OPEN XDR decoding (nfsd4_decode_createhow4 → nfsd4_decode_fattr4 → posix_acl_alloc), reached over the network via COMPOUND RPCs on TCP/UDP port 2049 when the in-kernel NFS server is running.\nAC:L - An attacker can deterministically leak the ACLs by sending OPEN with CREATE and valid POSIX ACL attributes, then a non-seqid-mutating decode error such as NFS4ERR_BADXDR on open_claim4, so nfsd4_open() never runs; no race or luck is required.\nPR:N - OPEN decode allocates the posix_acl objects after spoofable RPC AUTH_UNIX and before nfsd4_open(), fh_verify(), export permission checks, or clientid/session validation, so no authenticated NFS identity or local account on the server is required.\nUI:N - The attacker triggers the leak solely by sending crafted NFSv4 COMPOUND packets; no victim user must mount a filesystem, open a file, or take any other action.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel slab consumption on the NFS server host and does not cross a VM, guest, sandbox, or IOMMU security boundary.\nC:N - This is a refcount leak of attacker-supplied posix_acl allocations with no out-of-bounds read, use-after-free, or other primitive that could disclose kernel or file data.\nI:N - The short-circuit path never runs nfsd4_open() or writes file/ACL metadata; the only effect is orphaned kmalloc objects, with no memory corruption or unauthorized modification.\nA:H - Each malformed OPEN permanently leaks up to two posix_acl objects (NFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES=1024, about 16KB each) for the server lifetime; repeating the request exhausts kernel memory and can OOM the NFS server and co-hosted workloads."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c","fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5fc51dfc2eb160bd7ab3251ab1767cacf9c8bf05","lessThan":"5b3a7d7c23c071efe12dd1bc1d2e5f97c4892921","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5fc51dfc2eb160bd7ab3251ab1767cacf9c8bf05","lessThan":"8215892993ea9f5231da4fa9eb42428a286fce8b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c","fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.4","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.0","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.0","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b3a7d7c23c071efe12dd1bc1d2e5f97c4892921"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8215892993ea9f5231da4fa9eb42428a286fce8b"}],"title":"nfsd: release OPEN-decoded posix ACLs via op_release","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}