CVE-2026-53398 PUBLISHED

NFSD: Fix SECINFO_NO_NAME decode error cleanup

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 19.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

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

NFSD: Fix SECINFO_NO_NAME decode error cleanup

nfsd4_decode_secinfo_no_name() currently initializes sin_exp after decoding sin_style. If the XDR stream is truncated, the decoder returns nfserr_bad_xdr before sin_exp is initialized.

Since commit 3fdc54646234 ("NFSD: Reduce amount of struct nfsd4_compoundargs that needs clearing"), the inline iops array is not cleared between RPC calls. A failed SECINFO_NO_NAME decode can therefore leave sin_exp holding stale union contents from a previous operation.

The error response path still invokes nfsd4_secinfo_no_name_release(), which calls exp_put() on a non-NULL sin_exp.

Initialize sin_exp before the first failable decode step, matching nfsd4_decode_secinfo().

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5e76b25d7cc82c148d391c0c43b884e6427cb302 to 8836405abdc53ca3dd5fc68b2cf6f8f012fad011 (excl.)
  • affected from 07b68ff5c71cf4ed5443016d8eb116863c0a4d88 to 49de5d31dd8fdebf78bdeaf196b0ca5cd5c75439 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to 5ec37edcb534f3fc92304be236d37f08e6545585 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to 1e04be34cafae119e82bcaccd6d28a20f72a3647 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to 161d1aaeb04d620d3692639700512bb5038c1e10 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to c8a24effd96d4779e2ad779654682304491c55a5 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to 46eb17d45be69d28c7a23ea03283b207426a8232 (excl.)
  • affected from 3fdc546462348b8a497c72bc894e0cde9f10fc40 to 9e18e83b8846a5c3fe13fc8a464b4865d33996c6 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.10.220 to 5.10.260 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.15.154 to 5.15.211 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.260 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.211 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.177 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.144 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.95 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.38 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.3 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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