๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-89709

HIGH 8.1

lockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lockd, nfsd: RCU-protect nlmsvc_ops dispatch nlmsvc_ops is published by nfsd_lockd_init() and cleared by nfsd_lockd_shutdown() with plain stores, while lockd dereferences it unguarded from dispatch sites in fs/lockd/svcsubs.c. The pointer targets nfsd's .rodata and the fopen/fclose callbacks live in nfsd's .text, so a stale load after rmmod nfsd results in either a NULL deref or a module-text use-after-free. Declare nlmsvc_ops as __rcu, publish via rcu_assign_pointer(), clear via RCU_INIT_POINTER() + synchronize_rcu(). Add a struct module *owner field to nlmsvc_binding and pin the module across indirect calls with try_module_get/module_put. When the binding is torn down, fall back to fput() to avoid leaking struct file references.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 11, 2026
Last Updated Sep 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3c461a1820088fb5889d73a6522369bde45527a9 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 641e5e20852359b8c31149be4598884e30652f60
Linux / Linux
2.6.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c461a1820088fb5889d73a6522369bde45527a9 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641e5e20852359b8c31149be4598884e30652f60