# CVE-2026-89701: nfsd: validate nseconds in TIME\_DELEG decode paths

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 6ae30d6eb26bce02c48c60074b4306270e2434c1, fixed in 7e7b93da7fa2e77f977096251899d1410986adf6; from 6ae30d6eb26bce02c48c60074b4306270e2434c1, fixed in 5eb489831a9fd4754f4baf26e6989efb66ce104c; from 6ae30d6eb26bce02c48c60074b4306270e2434c1, fixed in 0f4a767340fad392bd656115b8752005518c9065
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: validate nseconds in TIME_DELEG decode paths The xdrgen-based TIME_DELEG_ACCESS and TIME_DELEG_MODIFY decode arms store a raw uint32_t nseconds directly into tv_nsec without enforcing nseconds < NSEC_PER_SEC. The legacy nfsd4_decode_nfstime4 has this check but the TIME_DELEG paths do not. A malformed timespec can propagate through notify_change() to disk. Add range checks in both nfs4xdr.c (SETATTR path) and nfs4callback.c (CB_GETATTR path).

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7b93da7fa2e77f977096251899d1410986adf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eb489831a9fd4754f4baf26e6989efb66ce104c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f4a767340fad392bd656115b8752005518c9065

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