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CVE-2026-53397

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix posix_acl leak on SETACL decode failure nfsaclsvc_decode_setaclargs() and nfs3svc_decode_setaclargs() each call nfs_stream_decode_acl() twice, first for NFS_ACL and then for NFS_DFACL. Each successful call transfers ownership of a freshly allocated posix_acl into argp->acl_access or argp->acl_default. If the first call succeeds but the second fails, the decoder returns false and argp->acl_access is left dangling. ACLPROC2_SETACL.pc_release was wired to nfssvc_release_attrstat and ACLPROC3_SETACL.pc_release was wired to nfs3svc_release_fhandle. Both only call fh_put() and have no knowledge of the ACL fields on argp. The posix_acl_release() pairs sat at the out: labels inside nfsacld_proc_setacl() and nfsd3_proc_setacl(), but svc_process() skips pc_func when pc_decode returns false, so that cleanup is unreachable on decode failure: svc_process_common() pc_decode() /* decode_setaclargs: false */ /* pc_func skipped */ pc_release() /* fh_put only -- ACLs leaked */ The orphaned posix_acl is leaked for the lifetime of the server. Fix by adding nfsaclsvc_release_setacl() and nfs3svc_release_setacl(), which release both argp->acl_access and argp->acl_default in addition to fh_put(), and wiring them as pc_release for their respective SETACL procedures. pc_release runs on every path svc_process() takes after decode, including decode failure, so the posix_acl_release() pairs are removed from the proc functions' out: labels to keep ownership in one place. This matches the existing release_getacl() pattern used by the sibling GETACL procedures.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgitb2eb1ffd511d1b3c3e21122f97cbbccea411e277UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgitb94c4be77682aab06d65ca7296149e3bcfb37353UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgit887f92ceccf3eacd5f2402db21254d66372fae00UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgit1e96239fddcefacf6afe6c498357be68eacbcabcUnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgitbd69a825485168ef74e815ecb286754b570fdcc7UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgit136b416593f1349cf6f72c8e3d18f0f204ee8545UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgita5b42c1e4ff2befaa6b96f7cbf32174751eba083UnavailableNone listed
a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055affectedgit0853ac544c590880d797b04daa33fcb72b6be0e1UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.13affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.13UnavailableNone listed
5.10.260unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.211unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.177unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.144unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.95unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.38unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.1.3unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.1.*None listed
7.2unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed