It was found that nfsd is missing permissions check when setting ACL, which allows local users to gain access to any file by setting ACL. Introduced in v3.14-rc1 by following commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ac7249ea5a0ceef9f8269f63f33cc873c3fac61 Upstream fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4 Prerequisite for the fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485e71e8fb6356c08c7fc6bcce4bf02c9a9a663f