CVE-2026-89672
nfsd: gate nfs2 setacl by argp->mask
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00a2f81ba7c57045bd644971ddb6961c5efe3e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/760e7a4f92f597c61ab6b089f934a7e3acf238b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ff9c81d6b77de4540ba33a3b4d613ce3194863
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e4422b05f410f95c51b68a0db4bf1d87f6d22f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41d173d9dc735cecb15ab7aa63ecab09338f81b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f951b22dbeec46f2e0fba81cb80d1b0c686b61eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37eea38e7898538f0ec5f1eb8b18d8646e4be41c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3a7e20ed66d3f04d37883c398da8a113b430769
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