Bug 2532385 (CVE-2026-89674) - CVE-2026-89674 kernel: nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget
Summary: CVE-2026-89674 kernel: nfsd: fix XDR length calculation in nfsd4_ff_encode_la...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89674
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 22:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-16 13:58 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:41:17 UTC
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.


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