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NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids nfs4_put_stid() releases the svc_export tracked in nfs4_stid.sc_export, but free_ol_stateid_reaplist() frees open and lock stateids by calling ->sc_free() directly, bypassing that path. An open stateid takes an sc_export reference in nfs4_open() and a lock stateid takes its own in init_lock_stateid(); both reach free_ol_stateid_reaplist() through their normal teardown, the open stateid via release_open_stateid() and the lock stateid via nfsd4_release_lockowner(), each through put_ol_stateid_locked(). The reference is therefore never dropped, pinning the export and blocking unmount for the lifetime of the stateid. Release sc_export in free_ol_stateid_reaplist() the way nfs4_put_stid() does. ->sc_free() runs once per stateid, and a stateid reaches free_ol_stateid_reaplist() or nfs4_put_stid() but never both, so the reference is dropped exactly once. Revoked stateids reach this path with sc_export already cleared by drop_stid_export(), so they are skipped rather than double-freed. nfs4_put_stid() itself read sc_export before acquiring cl_lock. drop_stid_export() clears that field and releases the reference under cl_lock, so a concurrent revocation could drop the export in the window between the read and the final put, releasing the same reference twice. Read sc_export while cl_lock is held so the two paths serialize and the reference is released exact

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CVE-2026-90236

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "ba0cde5dc81d214684b8ea0bd87414ba2f48fe02",
        "lessThan": "7458727fd7cb79d09e5120b6fecc1ad11cdb0946",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "ba0cde5dc81d214684b8ea0bd87414ba2f48fe02",
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        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "7.2"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "7.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2.6",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.3",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
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