CVE-2026-31402

nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache

Published Apr 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache

The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer
(rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses.
This size was calculated based on OPEN responses and does not account
for LOCK denied responses, which include the conflicting lock owner as
a variable-length field up to 1024 bytes (NFS4_OPAQUE_LIMIT).

When a LOCK operation is denied due to a conflict with an existing lock
that has a large owner, nfsd4_encode_operation() copies the full encoded
response into the undersized replay buffer via read_bytes_from_xdr_buf()
with no bounds check. This results in a slab-out-of-bounds write of up
to 944 bytes past the end of the buffer, corrupting adjacent heap memory.

This can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker with two
cooperating NFSv4.0 clients: one sets a lock with a large owner string,
then the other requests a conflicting lock to provoke the denial.

We could fix this by increasing NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE to allow for a full
opaque, but that would increase the size of every stateowner, when most
lockowners are not that large.

Instead, fix this by checking the encoded response length against
NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE before copying into the replay buffer. If the
response is too large, set rp_buflen to 0 to skip caching the replay
payload. The status is still cached, and the client already received the
correct response on the original request.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4561-1 linux-6.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4606-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6238-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6243-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8491-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8493-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8493-2 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8497-1 Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8498-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8499-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8501-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8508-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-2 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-4 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-5 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8527-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8528-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8545-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8546-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8547-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8604-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8605-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8606-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8607-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8609-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8547-2 Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8615-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8616-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8619-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8615-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8635-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8667-1 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10108 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11313 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13565 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13566 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13577 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13578 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13664 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13681 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13734 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13936 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14137 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14165 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14301 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14823 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14869 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14925 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15883 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19568 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19569 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36530 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36531 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36532 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36533 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36534 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31402 cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454844 cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0e2a54a31a7f9ad2915db99156114872317388 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2665887a69437a8a4f552f69509eecfb73d4aa19 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5133b61aaf437e5f25b1b396b14242a6bb0508e2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afb437ea1f70cacb4bbdf11771fb5c4d720b965 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8498337dfdfda71bdd0b807c9a23a126011d76 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9452c0797c95cf2378170df96cf4f4b3bca7eff cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dad0c3c0a8e5d1d6eb0fc455694ce3e25e6c57d0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9fcb4441f6c02bb20c2eb340101e27dfe23607c cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026040327-CVE-2026-31402-3e6a@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31402 cve-icon
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-31402.json cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31402 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-131
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer (rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses. This size was calculated based on OPEN responses and does not account for LOCK denied responses, which include the conflicting lock owner as a variable-length field up to 1024 bytes (NFS4_OPAQUE_LIMIT). When a LOCK operation is denied due to a conflict with an existing lock that has a large owner, nfsd4_encode_operation() copies the full encoded response into the undersized replay buffer via read_bytes_from_xdr_buf() with no bounds check. This results in a slab-out-of-bounds write of up to 944 bytes past the end of the buffer, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker with two cooperating NFSv4.0 clients: one sets a lock with a large owner string, then the other requests a conflicting lock to provoke the denial. We could fix this by increasing NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE to allow for a full opaque, but that would increase the size of every stateowner, when most lockowners are not that large. Instead, fix this by checking the encoded response length against NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE before copying into the replay buffer. If the response is too large, set rp_buflen to 0 to skip caching the replay payload. The status is still cached, and the client already received the correct response on the original request.
Title nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Nov 10, 2026, 12:43 PM
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026, 3:48 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 3, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Nov 10, 2026, 1:18 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM