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CVE-2024-36958: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-30 · updated 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.7 before 6.8.10; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4, 6.9-rc5, 6.9-rc6 — fixed in 6.8.10
• NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Hci Compute Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Storage Node: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.8.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bc
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0007/

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