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CVE-2026-89672

CVE-2026-89672 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.1 CRITICAL

Reported by Linux · Published September 11, 2026

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.

EPSS 0.52% · 43.3th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.52%
43.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinuxa257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055, a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055, a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055
LinuxLinux2.6.13, 0, 6.6.157
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1, 7.2.4, 7.3-rc1
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.13, 2.6.13, 2.6.13

Timeline

  • Sep 11, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 11, 2026 CVE Published
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 13, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 14, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Sep 15, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 18, 2026 EPSS Score

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