CRITICAL
nfsd LockOwner Overflow
CVE-2026-31402
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
KernelScan AI9.8CRITICAL
01Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer (rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses. This size was calculated based on OPEN responses and does not account for LOCK denied responses, which include the conflicting lock owner as a variable-length field up to 1024 bytes (NFS4_OPAQUE_LIMIT). When a LOCK operation is denied due to a conflict with an existing lock that has a large owner, nfsd4_encode_operation() copies the full encoded response into the undersized replay buffer via read_bytes_from_xdr_buf() with no bounds check. This results in a slab-out-of-bounds write of up to 944 bytes past the end of the buffer, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker with two cooperating NFSv4.0 clients: one sets a lock with a large owner string, then the other requests a conflicting lock to provoke the denial. We could fix this by increasing NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE to allow for a full opaque, but that would increase the size of every stateowner, when most lockowners are not that large. Instead, fix this by checking the encoded response length against NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE before copying into the replay buffer. If the response is too large, set rp_buflen to 0 to skip caching the replay payload. The status is still cached, and the client already received the correct response on the original request.
02KernelScan AI Analysis
Risk summary
Remote unauthenticated attackers can trigger a heap buffer overflow in the NFSv4.0 server by creating conflicting locks with large owner strings. This can corrupt adjacent kernel heap memory and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.
Vulnerability analysis
The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer (rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses. This size was calculated based on OPEN responses and does not account for LOCK denied responses, which include the conflicting lock owner as a variable-length field up to 1024 bytes (NFS4_OPAQUE_LIMIT). When a LOCK operation is denied due to a conflict with an existing lock that has a large owner, nfsd4_encode_operation() copies the full encoded response into the undersized replay buffer via read_bytes_from_xdr_buf() with no bounds check. This results in a slab-out-of-bounds write of up to 944 bytes past the end of the buffer, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This is remotely triggerable by unauthenticated NFSv4.0 clients through coordinated lock operations: one client establishes a lock with a large owner string, and a second client requests a conflicting lock to provoke the denial. The fix adds a length check before copying; if the encoded response exceeds NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE, only the status is cached and the payload copy is skipped.
03Fix Versions
| Branch | Fixed in | Patch commit |
|---|---|---|
| 5.10 | 5.10.253 | f9fcb4441f6c |
| 6.1 | 6.1.167 | c9452c0797c9 |
| 6.12 | 6.12.78 | dad0c3c0a8e5 |
| 6.18 | 6.18.20 | 0f0e2a54a31a |
| 6.19 | 6.19.10 | ae8498337dfd |
| 6.6 | 6.6.130 | 8afb437ea1f7 |
| mainline | 7.0 | 5133b61aaf43 |