Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72217
SUNRPC: Bound-check xdr_buf_to_bvec() stores before writing
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: Bound-check xdr_buf_to_bvec() stores before writing
xdr_buf_to_bvec() writes a bio_vec into the caller's array before
testing whether that slot is in range, and the head branch performs
the store with no check at all. When the caller's budget is exactly
used up, the next store lands one element past the end of the array.
The overflow label returns count - 1, which masks the surplus store
but cannot undo it.
rq_bvec, the array passed by nfsd_vfs_write(), is allocated to
exactly rq_maxpages entries with no slack. The OOB store can land in
adjacent slab memory; the bv_len and bv_offset fields written there
are derived from client-supplied RPC payload sizes.
Move the in-range check ahead of the store in the head, page-loop,
and tail branches. With the check at the top of each sequence, count
is incremented only after a successful store, so the overflow label
can return count directly.
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)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
2eb2b93581813b74c7174961126f6ec38eadb5a7 before 4a1148f2739d5089c3ca8ae2e9d1053e219ab5df; 2eb2b93581813b74c7174961126f6ec38eadb5a7 before 6029e711a818bf34d6c4b90cafee24f3afffa110; 2eb2b93581813b74c7174961126f6ec38eadb5a7 before 69e18135e2a004a79505451dbef07314ea16e1eb; 2eb2b93581813b74c7174961126f6ec38eadb5a7 before 98414b42530af65cb984ffc12685096a3b5e179a; 2eb2b93581813b74c7174961126f6ec38eadb5a7 before 42f5b80dda6b86e424054baf1475df686c403d5c; 6.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72217
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f5b80dda6b86e424054baf1475df686c403d5c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a1148f2739d5089c3ca8ae2e9d1053e219ab5df
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6029e711a818bf34d6c4b90cafee24f3afffa110
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69e18135e2a004a79505451dbef07314ea16e1eb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98414b42530af65cb984ffc12685096a3b5e179a
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