nfsd: widen nfsd_genl_rqstp address fields to sockaddr_storage

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: widen nfsd_genl_rqstp address fields to sockaddr_storage struct nfsd_genl_rqstp declares rq_daddr and rq_saddr as plain "struct sockaddr" (16 bytes). When an IPv6 NFS client is connected, nfsd_genl_rpc_status_compose_msg() casts these fields to "struct sockaddr_in6 *" (28 bytes) and reads sin6_addr at offset 8..24, which extends 8 bytes past the end of the 16-byte sockaddr field into the adjacent rq_flags member. The 16-byte nla_put_in6_addr then ships 8 bytes of truncated IPv6 address followed by 8 bytes of rq_flags to userspace via the NFSD_A_RPC_STATUS_SADDR6/DADDR6 netlink attributes. This is reachable by any unprivileged process in the network namespace because NFSD_CMD_RPC_STATUS_GET uses GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP without GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Fix by widening rq_daddr and rq_saddr to struct sockaddr_storage so the IPv6 casts operate within bounds, copying sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage) bytes in the memcpy calls so the full address is captured, and zero-initializing the genl_rqstp stack variable to prevent leaking uninitialized tail bytes through netlink.

Timeline

1. Sep 11, 2026, 7:46 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 19, 2026, 8:51 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From bd9d6a3efa9709e653aafbeb859289feccb8e70c · fixed in 9a2e791639a1c5cac3f219b0d2632835d8f88d27; From bd9d6a3efa9709e653aafbeb859289feccb8e70c · fixed in 03c512f22d3fbe7a3767d6df5e3d88b8e7c105e5; From bd9d6a3efa9709e653aafbeb859289feccb8e70c · fixed in dcb69ad0dafb4a24b825183bb94055d5be8a10bd; From bd9d6a3efa9709e653aafbeb859289feccb8e70c · fixed in a99d720ed2a5258564e5e9d5f39f3184a030d354

• Linux Linux

  6.7

• KernelLinux

  From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.111; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.51; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.4

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