CVE-2026-89709
lockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch
nlmsvc_ops is published by nfsd_lockd_init() and cleared by nfsd_lockd_shutdown() with plain stores, while lockd dereferences it unguarded from dispatch sites in fs/lockd/svcsubs.c. The pointer targets nfsd's .rodata and the fopen/fclose callbacks live in nfsd's .text, so a stale load after rmmod nfsd results in either a NULL deref or a module-text use-after-free.
Declare nlmsvc_ops as __rcu, publish via rcu_assign_pointer(), clear via RCU_INIT_POINTER() + synchronize_rcu(). Add a struct module *owner field to nlmsvc_binding and pin the module across indirect calls with try_module_get/module_put. When the binding is torn down, fall back to fput() to avoid leaking struct file references.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2f0d79b21be69b891cbd1899daf2a1fdf9df87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43943532c105ea8fe26039a1347cfda4ac0fcadc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7495972039f212e336e552b58cac9dd54611c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/836ce2b99bcce6d68c58edd04efbc5cd1fd581af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c461a1820088fb5889d73a6522369bde45527a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641e5e20852359b8c31149be4598884e30652f60
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