SUNRPC: reject duplicate CREDS_VALUE options
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: reject duplicate CREDS_VALUE options gssx_dec_option_array() walks the wire-supplied option array and, for every entry whose name matches CREDS_VALUE, calls gssx_dec_linux_creds() on the same struct svc_cred. That helper unconditionally installs a fresh groups_alloc() result into creds->cr_group_info without releasing whatever pointer was already there: for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { ... decode name ... if (length == sizeof(CREDS_VALUE) && memcmp(p, CREDS_VALUE, sizeof(CREDS_VALUE)) == 0) { err = gssx_dec_linux_creds(xdr, creds); ... } } A reply that carries two CREDS_VALUE entries therefore overwrites cr_group_info on the second iteration and orphans the group_info allocated by the first call. The earlier free_creds path only releases the last cr_group_info via free_svc_cred(), so the first allocation's refcount stays at one and its kvmalloc-backed storage is leaked. No in-tree caller of gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall() expects more than one CREDS_VALUE per reply. Fix by tracking whether a CREDS_VALUE option has already been decoded and returning -EINVAL on any subsequent match, so the free_creds path releases the single group_info that was installed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89539
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7j8-rmpg-46w5
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@4b5ebb4f91a6152a0f7b1253f701197e5710d4da, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@4904d61eb2e2bd484000725fd302b8f37b4fcf3a, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6207d7df96b3a7f507f0bfc8842b3760ee2fb1f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4904d61eb2e2bd484000725fd302b8f37b4fcf3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64b9ef369a6f723294613cb129e5f62c35429df5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b5ebb4f91a6152a0f7b1253f701197e5710d4da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f615b884310bf82d0014e3b5a92eb9aa88146685
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a1d0501cbb962beba23377035d667bf3c1726ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d94f046b23de0f77849ea69133063c949297e30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4ce62385c1b8a887c5370af058ac7b52a8eaf9
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89539 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89539 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7j8-rmpg-46w5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89539 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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