Critical severity · published Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2026-31402
nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache
9.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.12.1 before 5.10.253; 5.11 before 6.1.167; 6.2 before 6.6.130; 6.7 before 6.12.78; 6.13 before 6.18.20; 6.19 before 6.19.10; +9 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f9fcb4441f6c02bb20c2eb340101e27dfe23607c; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 2665887a69437a8a4f552f69509eecfb73d4aa19; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before c9452c0797c95cf2378170df96cf4f4b3bca7eff; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 8afb437ea1f70cacb4bbdf11771fb5c4d720b965; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before dad0c3c0a8e5d1d6eb0fc455694ce3e25e6c57d0; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 0f0e2a54a31a7f9ad2915db99156114872317388; +3 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31402
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31402
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0e2a54a31a7f9ad2915db99156114872317388
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2665887a69437a8a4f552f69509eecfb73d4aa19
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5133b61aaf437e5f25b1b396b14242a6bb0508e2
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afb437ea1f70cacb4bbdf11771fb5c4d720b965
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8498337dfdfda71bdd0b807c9a23a126011d76
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9452c0797c95cf2378170df96cf4f4b3bca7eff
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