CVE-2026-89689

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-89689",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:55.900",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:07.380",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: don't free session slots that are still in use\n\nnfsd4_sequence() can free the very slot it is currently processing.\nWhen the session shrinker has reduced se_target_maxslots below\nse_fchannel.maxreqs, the shrink path checks three conditions before\ncalling free_session_slots():\n\n  1. se_target_maxslots < maxreqs  (shrink was advertised)\n  2. slot->sl_generation == se_slot_gen  (slot is up-to-date)\n  3. seq->maxslots <= se_target_maxslots  (client acknowledges)\n\nHowever, seq->slotid is never checked against se_target_maxslots.\nA client using a slot in the range [se_target_maxslots, maxreqs) can\nsatisfy all three conditions: its slot has the current generation\n(set by a prior SEQUENCE), and it sends sa_highest_slotid <=\nse_target_maxslots to acknowledge the reduction.\n\nfree_session_slots() then kfrees every slot at index >=\nse_target_maxslots, including the caller's own slot. The function\ncontinues to write sl_seqid, sl_flags, sl_generation, and stores the\ndangling pointer in cstate->slot. Later, nfsd4_store_cache_entry()\ncopies up to maxresp_cached bytes of the compound reply into the freed\nsl_data[] array, corrupting whatever slab object now occupies that\naddress.\n\nAdditionally, a concurrent thread processing SEQUENCE on a different\nhigh-numbered slot can have its slot freed out from under it.\nNFSD4_SLOT_INUSE is set under nn->client_lock before the lock is\nreleased, so any concurrent thread past SEQUENCE will have its slot\nmarked. However, free_session_slots() does not check NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE\nbefore freeing.\n\nFix both problems by:\n 1. Checking that the current request's slotid is below the shrink\n    boundary.\n 2. Scanning slots in the to-be-freed range for NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE and\n    deferring the shrink if any are active."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "fc8738c68d0bbf5033dd98b4f63d277ecbd49fd7",
              "lessThan": "72d40b103bb03f0124d3a3c8f71a30cbafaf6afa",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "fc8738c68d0bbf5033dd98b4f63d277ecbd49fd7",
              "lessThan": "b449b134e7762ddf98653a4b1d3e76d2d212ea64",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "fc8738c68d0bbf5033dd98b4f63d277ecbd49fd7",
              "lessThan": "f5d22e372f4ac3eb287037a488c29691d52a6330",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.14",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.14",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18.50",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.4",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 9.8,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d40b103bb03f0124d3a3c8f71a30cbafaf6afa",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b449b134e7762ddf98653a4b1d3e76d2d212ea64",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d22e372f4ac3eb287037a488c29691d52a6330",
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  ]
}