CVE-2026-90103NFSv4.2: fix LAYOUTSTATS send buffer exhaustion
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.70%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4.2: fix LAYOUTSTATS send buffer exhaustion encode_layoutstats_maxsz budgets XDR_QUADLEN(PNFS_LAYOUTSTATS_MAXSIZE), i.e. 256 bytes, for the layoutupdate4 body written by the layout driver. The flexfiles record can exceed that. ff_layout_encode_ff_layoutupdate() emits, per data server, a netaddr4, an nfs_fh4, two ff_io_latency4, an nfstime4 and a bool. A data server whose filehandle is NFS_MAXFHSIZE bytes long already accounts for 132 of those bytes, and the two ff_io_latency4 at 64 bytes each, the nfstime4 and the bool add a further 144, so the body passes 256 bytes before the netaddr4 is encoded at all. encode_layoutstats() additionally writes the deviceid4 and the layoutupdate4 lou_type word, neither of which the macro accounts for. The filehandle and the address are both chosen by the server, through LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO, so it can drive the encoder past the end of the send buffer. xdr_reserve_space() returns NULL once that happens, and the two ff_layout_encode_io_latency() calls run with dss_info->mirror->lock held, so a NULL return there leaves the lock permanently held. Raise PNFS_LAYOUTSTATS_MAXSIZE to 384 so that the record fits inside the reservation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.70% · top 46% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < 842ac26615424577f24f0486b9d3bf97f28fad9c
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < 397aa7000bbf6b6a0d32e66a544e978fb478c8e4
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < e82d7d999fe9f893f84bf332fd39cb5d9de7128f
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < 5aca000630c0fd0da102ae1abf9245dd74f2ce36
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < cb11590c7ddc6883a1b1d70b1f98b2779fe626f2
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < 3815b894b922e9b4f40b8b6f6d67bf80d44141c9
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < a973622da0c62c34043ddbbf382cd761b03e5136
- affected 27c430644369ccd9a2272492ba6d0e85e2e4800b – < c75ef2137e749f2673f0617cfdaae53b2bb7195a
- affected 4.2
- unaffected < 4.2
- unaffected 5.10.270 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.221 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.188 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.157 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.110 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.52 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.6 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/842ac26615424577f24f0486b9d3bf97f28fad9c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/397aa7000bbf6b6a0d32e66a544e978fb478c8e4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e82d7d999fe9f893f84bf332fd39cb5d9de7128f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aca000630c0fd0da102ae1abf9245dd74f2ce36 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb11590c7ddc6883a1b1d70b1f98b2779fe626f2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3815b894b922e9b4f40b8b6f6d67bf80d44141c9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a973622da0c62c34043ddbbf382cd761b03e5136 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c75ef2137e749f2673f0617cfdaae53b2bb7195a (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-81696 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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