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FKIE_CVE-2026-89709

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:19 - Updated: 2026-09-13 07:17

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c461a1820088fb5889d73a6522369bde45527a9
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641e5e20852359b8c31149be4598884e30652f60

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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          "programFiles": [
            "fs/lockd/svc.c",
            "fs/lockd/svc4proc.c",
            "fs/lockd/svcproc.c",
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            "fs/nfsd/lockd.c",
            "include/linux/lockd/bind.h"
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch\n\nnlmsvc_ops is published by nfsd_lockd_init() and cleared by\nnfsd_lockd_shutdown() with plain stores, while lockd dereferences\nit unguarded from dispatch sites in fs/lockd/svcsubs.c. The pointer\ntargets nfsd\u0027s .rodata and the fopen/fclose callbacks live in nfsd\u0027s\n.text, so a stale load after rmmod nfsd results in either a NULL\nderef or a module-text use-after-free.\n\nDeclare nlmsvc_ops as __rcu, publish via rcu_assign_pointer(), clear\nvia RCU_INIT_POINTER() + synchronize_rcu(). Add a struct module\n*owner field to nlmsvc_binding and pin the module across indirect\ncalls with try_module_get/module_put. When the binding is torn down,\nfall back to fput() to avoid leaking struct file references."
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-13T07:17:36.617",
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CVE-2026-89709 (GCVE-0-2026-89709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:46 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:33

Title

lockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch

Summary

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c461a1820088fb58…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641e5e20852359b8c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 3c461a1820088fb5889d73a6522369bde45527a9 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 641e5e20852359b8c31149be4598884e30652f60 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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