CVE-2026-72218
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lockd: Plug nlm_file refcount leak on cached nlm_do_fopen() failure The cached-file path in nlm_lookup_file() reaches the found: label unconditionally, even when nlm_do_fopen() fails. At that label *result and file->f_count are updated before the error is returned. The wrappers nlm3svc_lookup_file() and nlm4svc_lookup_file() then bail out of their switch without copying *result back to their caller, so the proc handler's local nlm_file pointer remains NULL and the cleanup path skips nlm_release_file(). The f_count increment is never released, and nlm_traverse_files() can no longer reap the file because its refcount never returns to zero between requests. Short-circuit the cached path so neither *result nor f_count is touched when nlm_do_fopen() fails on a hashed nlm_file.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-08-15 06:21:40.613000
Last modified
2026-11-06 17:19:39.690000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlockd: Plug nlm_file refcount leak on cached nlm_do_fopen() failure\n\nThe cached-file path in nlm_lookup_file() reaches the found: label\nunconditionally, even when nlm_do_fopen() fails. At that label\n*result and file->f_count are updated before the error is returned.\nThe wrappers nlm3svc_lookup_file() and nlm4svc_lookup_file() then\nbail out of their switch without copying *result back to their\ncaller, so the proc handler's local nlm_file pointer remains NULL\nand the cleanup path skips nlm_release_file(). The f_count\nincrement is never released, and nlm_traverse_files() can no\nlonger reap the file because its refcount never returns to zero\nbetween requests.\n\nShort-circuit the cached path so neither *result nor f_count is\ntouched when nlm_do_fopen() fails on a hashed nlm_file."
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