CVE-2026-89698

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89698
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89698.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-89698
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-09-11T19:46:16Z
Modified
2026-09-25T18:26:58Z
Summary
nfsd: widen nfsd_genl_rqstp address fields to sockaddr_storage
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: widen nfsd_genl_rqstp address fields to sockaddr_storage

struct nfsd_genl_rqstp declares rq_daddr and rq_saddr as plain "struct sockaddr" (16 bytes). When an IPv6 NFS client is connected, nfsd_genl_rpc_status_compose_msg() casts these fields to "struct sockaddr_in6 *" (28 bytes) and reads sin6_addr at offset 8..24, which extends 8 bytes past the end of the 16-byte sockaddr field into the adjacent rq_flags member. The 16-byte nla_put_in6_addr then ships 8 bytes of truncated IPv6 address followed by 8 bytes of rq_flags to userspace via the NFSD_A_RPC_STATUS_SADDR6/DADDR6 netlink attributes.

This is reachable by any unprivileged process in the network namespace because NFSD_CMD_RPC_STATUS_GET uses GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP without GENL_ADMIN_PERM.

Fix by widening rq_daddr and rq_saddr to struct sockaddr_storage so the IPv6 casts operate within bounds, copying sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage) bytes in the memcpy calls so the full address is captured, and zero-initializing the genl_rqstp stack variable to prevent leaking uninitialized tail bytes through netlink.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89698.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
bd9d6a3efa9709e653aafbeb859289feccb8e70c
Fixed
9a2e791639a1c5cac3f219b0d2632835d8f88d27
Fixed
03c512f22d3fbe7a3767d6df5e3d88b8e7c105e5
Fixed
dcb69ad0dafb4a24b825183bb94055d5be8a10bd
Fixed
a99d720ed2a5258564e5e9d5f39f3184a030d354

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89698.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.111
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.51
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89698.json"