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GHSA-X88V-7XQF-FF34

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-13 09:32

Details

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

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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

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

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6a41b848455bf6b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/424d5c95108a4809b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ed8d6de7ec90c4ba…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a76145451d703ee…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 1a6a41b848455bf6ba2c9da2dfb0730e608ce7ab (git) Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 424d5c95108a4809b832cb0a312c61de4aec0078 (git) Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 6ed8d6de7ec90c4ba84eb82673058f506e5777fd (git) Affected: ce0887ac96d35c7105090e166bb0807dc0a0e838 , < 88a76145451d703eedd867b5989bf73d17340399 (git)
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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