CVE-2026-53392

NameCVE-2026-53392
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/flexfiles: reject zero filehandle version count ff_layout_alloc_lseg() decodes the filehandle-version array count from the flexfiles layout body. The value is used as the count for kzalloc_objs(), and the current code only rejects NULL. A zero count yields ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which can be stored in dss_info->fh_versions even though later flexfiles paths assume that at least one filehandle version exists. Reject fh_count == 0 before the allocation, matching the existing zero version_count validation in the flexfiles GETDEVICEINFO parser. A QEMU/KASAN run with a malformed flexfiles layout hit: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] RIP: 0010:ff_layout_encode_ff_layoutupdate.isra.0+0x15f/0x750 ff_layout_encode_layoutreturn+0x683/0x970 nfs4_xdr_enc_layoutreturn+0x278/0x3a0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception The patched kernel rejects the malformed layout without KASAN/oops/panic, and a valid fh_count=1 regression still opens, reads, and unmounts cleanly.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4717-1, DLA-4720-1, DLA-4723-1, DLA-4724-1, DSA-6393-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.262-1fixed
bookworm6.1.176-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.180-1fixed
trixie6.12.94-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.101-1fixed
forky, sid7.1.7-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.180-1~deb11u1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.100-1~deb12u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.262-1DLA-4717-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.180-1DLA-4720-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.96-1DSA-6393-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.1.3-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.180-1~deb11u1DLA-4723-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.100-1~deb12u1DLA-4724-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/2c6bb3c40bc24f6aa8dfbe6fe98c3ad6389203f2 (7.2-rc1)

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