---
id: CVE-2026-53391
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr

  nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr() decodes the r_netid and r_addr opaques of a
  netaddr4 from a GETDEVICEINFO mult…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr

  nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr() decodes the r_netid and r_addr opaques of a
  netaddr4 from a GETDEVICEINFO mult…
severity: none
published: '2026-07-19'
updated: '2026-07-19'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53391'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/012d37a568bfbb2c9686f03ade75560bc7139956'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30aae62e50b4e074a90a9a5e15246548fbdc1182'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41fe0f7b84f0cb822ae10ab08592996a592b2a25'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/427ab81a811dab4bca9d19f82eec5847ae42646e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c344fff2feff9d4d716d8e4ad40e9b5040ee5ea'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76b94cbd32aacf36a641956385a852635c6802b9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e4e0c701d0192a2efb6df059c0f9e19678c23d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-19T20:33:10.644Z'
epss: 0.00517
epssPercentile: 0.42996
---

## Overview

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

NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr

nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr() decodes the r_netid and r_addr opaques of a
netaddr4 from a GETDEVICEINFO multipath-DS body, then immediately
calls strrchr(buf, '.') to locate the port separator. Both decodes
use xdr_stream_decode_string_dup(), and the current code checks only
"nlen < 0" / "rlen < 0" before dereferencing the returned string.

When the on-wire opaque has length zero, xdr_stream_decode_opaque_inline()
returns 0 and xdr_stream_decode_string_dup() falls through to its
"*str = NULL; return ret" tail, leaving buf NULL with a return value
of 0. The "< 0" check does not catch this, and the next line is
strrchr(NULL, '.'), a kernel NULL pointer dereference reachable from
any pNFS-flexfile client mounted against a malicious or compromised
metadata server.

Reject the zero-length cases explicitly so the decoder fails with
-EBADMSG (treated as a malformed GETDEVICEINFO body) instead of
panicking the client.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.