# CVE-2024-26870: NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel BUG and crash the system by calling listxattr with specific buffer sizes on NFSv4.2 mounts.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26870, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26870, GHSA-49g6-x26j-85g3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26870

## What is CVE-2024-26870?

CVE-2024-26870 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102

A call to listxattr() with a buffer size = 0 returns the actual
size of the buffer needed for a subsequent call. When size > 0,
nfs4_listxattr() does not return an error because either
generic_listxattr() or nfs4_listxattr_nfs4_label() consumes
exactly all the bytes then size is 0 when calling
nfs4_listxattr_nfs4_user() which then triggers the following
kernel BUG:

  [   99.403778] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
  [   99.404063] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
  [   99.408463] CPU: 0 PID: 3310 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.6.0-61.fc40.aarch64 #1
  [   99.415827] Call trace:
  [   99.415985]  usercopy_abort+0x70/0xa0
  [   99.416227]  __check_heap_object+0x134/0x158
  [   99.416505]  check_heap_object+0x150/0x188
  [   99.416696]  __check_object_size.part.0+0x78/0x168
  [   99.416886]  __check_object_size+0x28/0x40
  [   99.417078]  listxattr+0x8c/0x120
  [   99.417252]  path_listxattr+0x78/0xe0
  [   99.417476]  __arm64_sys_listxattr+0x28/0x40
  [   99.417723]  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
  [   99.417929]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0
  [   99.418186]  do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
  [   99.418376]  el0_svc+0x3c/0x110
  [   99.418554]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130
  [   99.418788]  el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198
  [   99.418994] Code: aa0003e3 d000a3e0 91310000 97f49bdb (d4210000)

Issue is reproduced when generic_listxattr() returns 'system.nfs4_acl',
thus calling lisxattr() with size = 16 will trigger the bug.

Add check on nfs4_listxattr() to return ERANGE error when it is
called with size > 0 and the return value is greater than size.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26870?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26870?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26870 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26870 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26870 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26870 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26870 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26870/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26870/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26870
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26870
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26870

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