linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix null dereference in nfsd4_setattr for...
CVE-2026-89679 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89679, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix null dereference in nfsd4_setattr for deleg timestamp attrs When a SETATTR request includes FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_ACCESS or FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_MODIFY in the attribute bitmap, nfsd4_setattr() sets deleg_attrs=true and calls nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() to validate the stateid. If the client supplies the NFSv4 "one stateid" (all-0xFF bytes), check_special_stateids() returns nfs_ok without populating the output nfs4_stid pointer, because the special-stateid path in nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() jumps to done: with s==NULL, and the "if (s)" block that would set *cstid is skipped. The local variable `st` remains NULL. Back in nfsd4_setattr(), the if (deleg_attrs) block then unconditionally dereferences st->sc_type (at offset 4 from NULL), causing a kernel oops. This is remotely triggerable by any NFSv4 client: send COMPOUND [PUTROOTFH, SETATTR(ONE_STATEID, {bmval2=FATTR4_WORD2_TIME_DELEG_ACCESS, ...})]. No authentication, delegation, or prior state is required. Fix by adding a NULL check before the dereference. A special stateid is not a delegation stateid, so the existing nfserr_bad_stateid return value is already correct; we only need to guard the pointer dereference itself.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.18.51-120.162 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89679 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3187 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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