CVE-2026-64298CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-64298

High · published July 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC

POSIX requires write permission to truncate a file, so an open() that

specifies O_TRUNC must be authorized for write access regardless of the

O_ACCMODE access mode.

nfs_open_permission_mask() builds the access mask passed to

nfs_may_open(), which is the local authorization gate for OPENs the

client serves itself from a cached write delegation via the

can_open_delegated() path in nfs4_try_open_cached(). The mask is

derived from O_ACCMODE alone, so an open(O_RDONLY | O_TRUNC) against a

file the caller cannot write requests only MAY_READ and passes the

local check. The OPEN is then satisfied locally and the truncation is

issued to the server as a SETATTR(size=0) over the delegation stateid,

which the server accepts under standard write-delegation semantics.

POSIX requires that this open fail with EACCES.

Include MAY_WRITE in the mask whenever O_TRUNC is set so the local

check matches the access the server would have enforced.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00147 · 3.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-07-25T14:17Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.396.18.39
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.1.47.1.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.24, < 5.10.2615.10.261
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2125.15.212
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1786.1.178
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1456.6.145
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.966.12.96
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 08:49Z
    NFSv4: include MAY_WRITE in open permission mask for O_TRUNC
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