CVE-2024-46696

nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Sep 13, 2024
Updated: Aug 5, 2026
Reserved: Sep 11, 2024

Description

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

nfsd: fix potential UAF in nfsd4_cb_getattr_release

Once we drop the delegation reference, the fields embedded in it are no longer safe to access. Do that last.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Linux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	c5967721e1063648b0506481585ba7e2e49a075e to before e0b66698a5ae41078f7490e8b3527013f5fccd6cAffected c5967721e1063648b0506481585ba7e2e49a075e to before 1116e0e372eb16dd907ec571ce5d4af325c55c10Affected
LinuxLinux	6.9Affected before 6.9Not affected 6.10.8 through 6.10.*Not affected 6.11 and laterNot affected

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