{"id":"CVE-2026-89678","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-89678","summary":"nfsd: fix partial-write detection in nfsd_direct_write","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: fix partial-write detection in nfsd_direct_write\n\nnfsd_direct_write() walks a list of write segments and, after each\nvfs_iocb_iter_write(), tries to detect a short write so the loop can\nstop before placing the next segment at a wrong file offset:\n\n    host_err = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, kiocb, &segments[i].iter);\n    if (host_err < 0)\n            return host_err;\n    *cnt += host_err;\n    if (host_err < segments[i].iter.count)\n            break;\t/* partial write */\n\nvfs_iocb_iter_write() runs the iter through ->write_iter(), which\nadvances the iter by the number of bytes written. By the time the\ncheck runs, segments[i].iter.count is the residual, not the original\nrequest length:\n\n    before write_iter: iter.count == original_len\n    after  write_iter: iter.count == original_len - host_err\n\nThe condition then reduces to host_err < original_len - host_err, so\nthe break fires only when less than half of the segment was written.\nAny short write completing between 50% and 99% of the segment slips\nthrough; the loop advances to the next segment with kiocb->ki_pos\nonly bumped by the short amount, writing the next segment's payload\nat the wrong offset and over-reporting *cnt to the NFS client.\n\nSnapshot the segment's byte count before the write and compare\nhost_err against that snapshot so any short write breaks the loop.","published":"2026-09-11T19:46:02.184Z","modified":"2026-09-14T03:46:24.205004974Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel","fixedVersion":"7.2.4"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/250ec14932d5cfe102f68a57892bb566eee7f83e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6590dfd16ab55f03b658b079072ace3504825e"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89678.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89678"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-09-14T03:46:24.205004974Z"}}