CVE-2026-89661

NFSD: Prevent post-shutdown use-after-free in unlock_filesystem

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

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

NFSD: Prevent post-shutdown use-after-free in unlock_filesystem

Writing a filesystem path to /proc/fs/nfsd/unlock_filesystem runs nfsd4_cancel_copy_by_sb() before nfsd_mutex is held and before the handler confirms that nn->nfsd_serv is set. Once nfsd has shut down, nfs4_state_destroy_net() has freed nn->conf_id_hashtbl but left the pointer intact, so the cancel helper iterates freed slab memory as an array of struct list_head and then dereferences a bogus nfs4_client when it takes clp->async_lock. A local administrator holding CAP_SYS_ADMIN can reach this use-after-free by stopping the server and then writing to unlock_filesystem; KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free read in nfsd4_cancel_copy_by_sb().

nfsd4_revoke_states() walks the same state tables and for that reason already runs only under nfsd_mutex with nn->nfsd_serv confirmed present. Move the async COPY cancel into that protected section so every NFSv4 state-table walker on this path observes a running server. Async copies exist only while the server runs, so gating the cancel on nn->nfsd_serv loses nothing.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 3daab3112f039cf849f96764019b096bb0a39d04 to before 0c1a755b7212e0835398d4df5e782ea85ccd7476Affected
  • 3daab3112f039cf849f96764019b096bb0a39d04 to before 292d915d3ba6fd15eeb88351fa10581683073109Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.0Affected
  • before 7.0Not affected
  • 7.2.4 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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