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GHSA-XCQ6-XF9G-6GC6

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

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

NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation

A stateid holds only a bare pointer to its nfs4_client; a stateid reference does not pin it. The client survives only because __destroy_client() drains its stateids before free_client() runs.

nfsd4_revoke_states() drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid(), which dereferences the client to revoke a stateid and read clp->cl_minorversion. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free the client first.

Pinning cl_rpc_users under client_lock blocks the DESTROY_CLIENTID and EXCHANGE_ID teardown, which refuses while cl_rpc_users is non-zero. force_expire_client() ignores it: once its wait for cl_rpc_users to reach zero has passed, a later pin goes unnoticed.

Under client_lock, skip a client whose cl_time is already zero -- force_expire_client() clears it there before waiting -- otherwise pin cl_rpc_users before dropping the lock. The walk then either sees the expiry and skips, or pins in time for that wait to cover the revoke.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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  "modified": "2026-09-13T09:32:27Z",
  "published": "2026-09-11T21:31:35Z",
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CVE-2026-89660 (GCVE-0-2026-89660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:45 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:32

Title

NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation A stateid holds only a bare pointer to its nfs4_client; a stateid reference does not pin it. The client survives only because __destroy_client() drains its stateids before free_client() runs. nfsd4_revoke_states() drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid(), which dereferences the client to revoke a stateid and read clp->cl_minorversion. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free the client first. Pinning cl_rpc_users under client_lock blocks the DESTROY_CLIENTID and EXCHANGE_ID teardown, which refuses while cl_rpc_users is non-zero. force_expire_client() ignores it: once its wait for cl_rpc_users to reach zero has passed, a later pin goes unnoticed. Under client_lock, skip a client whose cl_time is already zero -- force_expire_client() clears it there before waiting -- otherwise pin cl_rpc_users before dropping the lock. The walk then either sees the expiry and skips, or pins in time for that wait to cover the revoke.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549bd9868e9d77b07…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1f948691523282c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e270e5a0778e5bff8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1c13bf9f2e3cd5a59ef988c6c5a49fe0f02bcdfc , < 549bd9868e9d77b07ea94870940d64342829c6ad (git) Affected: 1c13bf9f2e3cd5a59ef988c6c5a49fe0f02bcdfc , < bf1f948691523282cc4905bc6cd325e0c0b49e6a (git) Affected: 1c13bf9f2e3cd5a59ef988c6c5a49fe0f02bcdfc , < e270e5a0778e5bff852c8862ce9576ce70359393 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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