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NFS/localio: Fix a race in nfs_local_open_fh()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS/localio: Fix a race in nfs_local_open_fh() Once the clp->cl_uuid.lock has been dropped, another CPU could come in and free the struct nfsd_file that was just added. To prevent that from happening, take the RCU read lock before dropping the spin lock.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.14.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38028
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 23:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
NFS/localio: Fix a race in nfs_local_open_fh()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Jun 2025, 09:28 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS/localio: Fix a race in nfs_local_open_fh() Once the clp->cl_uuid.lock has been dropped, another CPU could come in and free the struct nfsd_file that was just added. To prevent that from happening, take the RCU read lock before dropping the spin lock.
osv:CVE-2025-38028
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.14.8
Complete source record
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