CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90037
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during close_lru reaping
An nfs4_openowner left on nn->close_lru after its final CLOSE keeps
its last closed stateid in oo_last_closed_stid, holding only a raw
pointer to its nfs4_client. The laundromat reaps timed-out entries,
drops nn->client_lock, and calls nfs4_put_stid(), which dereferences
the client through cl_lock. Nothing pins the client across that
window, so a concurrent force_expire_client() can free it and
nfs4_put_stid() reads freed memory. __destroy_client() hits the same
race, walking clp->cl_openowners without cl_lock.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users before dropping client_lock, and
skip clients already expiring. __destroy_client() then cleans up its
own close_lru entries through release_last_closed_stateid(), so
teardown no longer races the laundromat.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0763482227822f7343557f086afc382086d56c4c git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2330b788d732f43668b965b3105b37ceb276dfea git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83dd59ac1c3455c2c7d8ddb582d980a13199b9b3 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adc34b5df5c5d87043cb500b0867fc1c4ad0117e git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e57a9ed34ea8c17e831de59b8f1a6b2d80d347a1 git.kernel.org