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CVE-2026-89680 (GCVE-0-2026-89680)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:46 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:33
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Title
nfsd: fix nfsd_file leak on inter-server COPY setup failure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix nfsd_file leak on inter-server COPY setup failure When nfsd4_setup_inter_ssc() fails, nfsd4_copy() returns nfserr_offload_denied directly, bypassing the out: label where release_copy_files() would drop the nf_dst reference taken by nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op(). Each failed inter-server COPY leaks one nfsd_file, pinning file/inode/dentry/vfsmount. Fix by setting status and jumping to out: instead of returning directly.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 1a6a41b848455bf6ba2c9da2dfb0730e608ce7ab (git)
Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 424d5c95108a4809b832cb0a312c61de4aec0078 (git)
Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 6ed8d6de7ec90c4ba84eb82673058f506e5777fd (git)
Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 88a76145451d703eedd867b5989bf73d17340399 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.6 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.109 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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