MediumFix available
nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data Otherwise if the nfsd filecache code releases the nfsd_file immediately, it can trigger the BUG_ON(cred == current->cred) in __put_cred() when it puts the nfsd_file->nf_file->f-cred.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.48, 6.16.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-39912
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 16:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 Oct 2025, 07:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data Otherwise if the nfsd filecache code releases the nfsd_file immediately, it can trigger the BUG_ON(cred == current->cred) in __put_cred() when it puts the nfsd_file->nf_file->f-cred.
osv:CVE-2025-39912
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.48, 6.16.8
Complete source record
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