NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during export state revocation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during export state revocation nfsd4_revoke_export_states() has the same use-after-free as nfsd4_revoke_states(): it drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid() and the following read of clp->cl_minorversion, but the stateid reference it holds does not pin the client. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free the client while revoke_one_stid() still dereferences it. exportfs -u drives this path through NFSD_CMD_UNLOCK_EXPORT, so an administrator removing an export can race a client expiry. Skip a client that is already expiring and otherwise pin it with cl_rpc_users under client_lock before dropping the lock, matching nfsd4_revoke_states().
CVE-2026-90038
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-90038
Linux
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Linux
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"product": "Linux",
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
],
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},
{
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"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
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{
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"version": "7.2"
},
{
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"version": "0",
"lessThan": "7.2",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.5",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
],
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}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-90038
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