High severity · published Jan 13, 2026
CVE-2025-68803
NFSD: NFSv4 file creation neglects setting ACL
8.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: NFSv4 file creation neglects setting ACL
An NFSv4 client that sets an ACL with a named principal during file
creation retrieves the ACL afterwards, and finds that it is only a
default ACL (based on the mode bits) and not the ACL that was
requested during file creation. This violates RFC 8881 section
6.4.1.3: "the ACL attribute is set as given".
The issue occurs in nfsd_create_setattr(), which calls
nfsd_attrs_valid() to determine whether to call nfsd_setattr().
However, nfsd_attrs_valid() checks only for iattr changes and
security labels, but not POSIX ACLs. When only an ACL is present,
the function returns false, nfsd_setattr() is skipped, and the
POSIX ACL is never applied to the inode.
Subsequently, when the client retrieves the ACL, the server finds
no POSIX ACL on the inode and returns one generated from the file's
mode bits rather than returning the originally-specified ACL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
c5409ce523af40d5c3019717bc5b4f72038d48be before c182e1e0b7640f6bcc0c5ca8d473f7c57199ea3d; d52acd23a327cada5fb597591267cfc09f08bb1d before 75f91534f9acdfef77f8fa094313b7806f801725; c0cbe70742f4a70893cd6e5f6b10b6e89b6db95b before 60dbdef2ebc2317266a385e4debdb1bb0e57afe1; c0cbe70742f4a70893cd6e5f6b10b6e89b6db95b before 381261f24f4e4b41521c0e5ef5cc0b9a786a9862; c0cbe70742f4a70893cd6e5f6b10b6e89b6db95b before bf4e671c651534a307ab2fabba4926116beef8c3; c0cbe70742f4a70893cd6e5f6b10b6e89b6db95b before 214b396480061cbc8b16f2c518b2add7fbfa5192; +4 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68803
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68803
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/214b396480061cbc8b16f2c518b2add7fbfa5192
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/381261f24f4e4b41521c0e5ef5cc0b9a786a9862
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60dbdef2ebc2317266a385e4debdb1bb0e57afe1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75f91534f9acdfef77f8fa094313b7806f801725
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/913f7cf77bf14c13cfea70e89bcb6d0b22239562
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf4e671c651534a307ab2fabba4926116beef8c3
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