High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89706
nfsd: Reset write verifier when async COPY writeback fails
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: Reset write verifier when async COPY writeback fails
Async COPY captures nn->writeverf at request time and reports it to
the client via CB_OFFLOAD after the worker kthread completes. When
the post-copy vfs_fsync_range() or filemap_check_wb_err() in
_nfsd_copy_file_range() reports an error, the worker correctly
leaves NFSD4_COPY_F_COMMITTED clear so that CB_OFFLOAD encodes
wr_stable_how as NFS_UNSTABLE, but the server's write verifier is
not rotated.
A client that receives NFS_UNSTABLE in CB_OFFLOAD follows up with
COMMIT to make the copied data durable. With the verifier
unchanged, COMMIT returns the same value the client just received
via CB_OFFLOAD, and the client concludes the copy is durable --
silently dropping the data whose writeback in fact failed. This
violates the UNSTABLE+COMMIT durability contract (RFC 7862 section
15.1, RFC 8881 section 18.32) and matches the bug just fixed in
nfsd_vfs_write() and nfsd_commit().
Rotate nn->writeverf at the writeback-failure site. The async COPY
worker has no svc_rqst, so commit_reset_write_verifier() is not
available here; calling nfsd_reset_write_verifier() directly
mirrors the trace-less reset already used by
nfsd_file_check_write_error() for the same purpose. Filter out
-EAGAIN and -ESTALE, matching commit_reset_write_verifier(), since
neither indicates a durable-storage failure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
817c6eb975798647c4bbbfc9eb288aa413ec7f65 before cc5f7cef0659a27c13dd33edd8e2f79257b095c6; eac0b17a77fbd763d305a5eaa4fd1119e5a0fe0d before c6d2f6372c7e0f76b9c148ff7696aec64da0b5b7; eac0b17a77fbd763d305a5eaa4fd1119e5a0fe0d before 8a08ffe73eb2aa6bc6f88763da7e2b55bab6493a; eac0b17a77fbd763d305a5eaa4fd1119e5a0fe0d before 6b13d26cc21b6320a3c61d5e4cee2ce9a589b181; eac0b17a77fbd763d305a5eaa4fd1119e5a0fe0d before 31d4d0a62ec4bafbcdbad142f11ab1f90794b1d0; eac0b17a77fbd763d305a5eaa4fd1119e5a0fe0d before 591134e059e3456180244a826d6917cdc183140b; +4 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89706
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89706
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4d0a62ec4bafbcdbad142f11ab1f90794b1d0
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591134e059e3456180244a826d6917cdc183140b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b13d26cc21b6320a3c61d5e4cee2ce9a589b181
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a08ffe73eb2aa6bc6f88763da7e2b55bab6493a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0cd31a9abcb728c17d79b4c2cc533612a8b6af
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d2f6372c7e0f76b9c148ff7696aec64da0b5b7
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