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CVE-2026-31402

Critical · CVSS 9.8

Linux Kernel — Heap buffer overflow (slab-out-of-bounds write) in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache

CVSS
9.8
nvd
EPSS
KEV
No
Class
oss containerizable
CWE-787, CWE-787

Description

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.

Search profile — drives PoC discovery

Symbols rp_ibufNFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZEnfsd4_encode_operationread_bytes_from_xdr_bufrp_buflenNFS4_OPAQUE_LIMITnfsd4_locknfsdreplay cachestateownerlockowner
Keywords CVE-2026-31402nfsd heap overflowNFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache overflowrp_ibuf overflowNFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZEslab-out-of-bounds nfsdnfsd4 lock denied replay bufferLinux kernel nfsd heap overflowNFSv4.0 lock owner buffer overflow
Versions: Linux Kernel — multiple stable branches (see references: 0f0e2a5, 2665887, 5133b61, 8afb437, ae84983)

Ranked PoCs (1) — best first

Heuristic ranking — not yet expert-vetted. Scored on structure + provenance, not execution.

Recall-favoring discovery; ranking by the Stage-4 scorer (Adam's rubric). Scanner/aggregator repos are hidden.

Affected packages

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 → 5.10.253
Linux Kernel 5.11.0 → 5.15.210
Linux Kernel 5.16.0 → 6.1.167
Linux Kernel 6.13.0 → 6.18.20
Linux Kernel 6.19.0 → 6.19.10
Linux Kernel 6.2.0 → 6.6.130
Linux Kernel 6.7.0 → 6.12.78

References

Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-14T18:00:20.000Z · profiled 2026-07-14T18:30:20.000Z