CVE-2026-53391
NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.52 % · percentile 44 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr() decodes the r_netid and r_addr opaques of a netaddr4 from a GETDEVICEINFO multipath-DS body, then immediately calls strrchr(buf, '.') to locate the port separator. Both decodes use xdr_stream_decode_string_dup(), and the current code checks only "nlen < 0" / "rlen < 0" before dereferencing the returned string. When the on-wire opaque has length zero, xdr_stream_decode_opaque_inline() returns 0 and xdr_stream_decode_string_dup() falls through to its "*str = NULL; return ret" tail, leaving buf NULL with a return value of 0. The "< 0" check does not catch this, and the next line is strrchr(NULL, '.'), a kernel NULL pointer dereference reachable from any pNFS-flexfile client mounted against a malicious or compromised metadata server. Reject the zero-length cases explicitly so the decoder fails with -EBADMSG (treated as a malformed GETDEVICEINFO body) instead of panicking the client.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76b94cbd32aacf36a641956385a852635c6802b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e4e0c701d0192a2efb6df059c0f9e19678c23d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c344fff2feff9d4d716d8e4ad40e9b5040ee5ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427ab81a811dab4bca9d19f82eec5847ae42646e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/012d37a568bfbb2c9686f03ade75560bc7139956
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30aae62e50b4e074a90a9a5e15246548fbdc1182
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41fe0f7b84f0cb822ae10ab08592996a592b2a25
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-45513
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-53391
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1256 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1229 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1203 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1162 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1118 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1091 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1064 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1029 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0957 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0 < 5.15.211cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.177cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.144cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.95cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.18.38cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 7.1.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < 76b94cbd32aacf36a641956385a852635c6802b9 ; affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < c8e4e0c701d0192a2efb6df059c0f9e19678c23d ; affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < 6c344fff2feff9d4d716d8e4ad40e9b5040ee5ea ; affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < 427ab81a811dab4bca9d19f82eec5847ae42646e ; affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < 012d37a568bfbb2c9686f03ade75560bc7139956 ; affected 6b7f3cf96364eaf597940cb5c68a682894829915 < 30aae62e50b4e074a90a9a5e15246548fbdc1182 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.0 ; unaffected 0 < 4.0 ; unaffected 5.15.211 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.177 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.144 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |