Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89679 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in nfsd: fix null dereference in nfsd4_setattr for deleg timestamp attrs. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=7e13f4f8d27dc02fb88666f603c53ca749d56f92 <3c5119b799a7f57db332b2c31e806de16c869f0f || >=7e13f4f8d27dc02fb88666f603c53ca749d56f92 <3c896db123892256fd39af0ee8c2d02c63539983 || >=7e13f4f8d27dc02fb88666f603c53ca749d56f92 <fe456c8c0931bb3e8a03d429920e87fd85747fba | 3c5119b799a7f57db332b2c31e806de16c869f0f, 3c896db123892256fd39af0ee8c2d02c63539983, fe456c8c0931bb3e8a03d429920e87fd85747fba |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.14 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 11, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix null dereference in nfsd4_setattr for deleg timestamp attrs When a SETATTR request includes FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_ACCESS or FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_MODIFY in the attribute bitmap, nfsd4_setattr() sets deleg_attrs=true and calls nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() to validate the stateid. If the client supplies the NFSv4 "one stateid" (all-0xFF bytes), check_special_stateids() returns nfs_ok without populating the output nfs4_stid pointer, because the special-stateid path in nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() jumps to done: with s==NULL, and the "if (s)" block that would set *cstid is skipped. The local variable `st` remains NULL. Back in nfsd4_setattr(), the if (deleg_attrs) block then unconditionally dereferences st->sc_type (at offset 4 from NULL), causing a kernel oops. This is remotely triggerable by any NFSv4 client: send COMPOUND [PUTROOTFH, SETATTR(ONE_STATEID, {bmval2=FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_ACCESS, ...})]. No authentication, delegation, or prior state is required. Fix by adding a NULL check before the dereference. A special stateid is not a delegation stateid, so the existing nfserr_bad_stateid return value is already correct; we only need to guard the pointer dereference itself.
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