CVE-2026-89682

nfsd: fix fcache_disposal UAF by inlining dispose state into nfsd_net

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

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

nfsd: fix fcache_disposal UAF by inlining dispose state into nfsd_net

nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed() defers fput() to nfsd service threads via a per-net freeme queue, preventing the shrinker and GC worker from bearing the cost of closing files (see ffb402596147). However, the queue lives in a separately-allocated struct nfsd_fcache_disposal that is freed by nfsd_free_fcache_disposal_net() during per-net teardown. The global shrinker, laundrette, and fsnotify callbacks can still be inside nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed() dereferencing that pointer, causing a use-after-free.

Inline the spinlock and freeme list directly into struct nfsd_net (as fcache_dispose_lock and fcache_dispose_list), eliminating the separately allocated struct nfsd_fcache_disposal entirely. These fields now have the same lifetime as the net namespace itself, so there is no dangling pointer to chase.

nfsd_file_cache_start_net() now just initializes the inline fields and cannot fail due to allocation. nfsd_file_cache_shutdown_net() drains the inline list directly instead of freeing a separate struct. The alloc/free helpers are removed.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before 41fe0e804bbf1110c0aba2ebdfc729efb240d8a6Affected
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before e6c3a43d0a41f03abae3764fc82a59369360c7e0Affected
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before 9c8ac7c2b9b150e13b7ad0d0fae54f17747dce67Affected
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before ba0ee9e04b7a0356c28d5a2fe445db675d24e572Affected
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before cadc9036d5a8209f89e7026ddba7cfb1c716b03cAffected
  • 1463b38e7cf34d4cc60f41daff459ad807b2e408 to before bbf13732f74351d21c5e0e8dd9bd8e1c48dc35d4Affected
  • e8f923e1e9fcc0832a12c8a2461792e5a9544c03Affected
  • 3bc94fb44f10ef852723e1aeaac6794c5ab16aecAffected
  • 5.10.220 to before 5.11Affected
  • 5.15.154 to before 5.16Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.17Affected
  • before 5.17Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.114 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.51 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.4 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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