CVE-2026-89690

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: defer vfree of compound ops to fix rpc_status UAF The rpc_status netlink dumpit walks every in-flight svc_rqst under rcu_read_lock and, for NFSv4 requests, reads opnums out of args->ops[]. But args->ops is a separate vmalloc buffer freed synchronously by vfree() in nfsd4_release_compoundargs() at the end of every compound. The dumpit's rcu_read_lock pins the svc_rqst struct itself (freed via kfree_rcu), but nothing defers the vfree of the ops buffer across the RCU grace period. A concurrent compound completion can therefore free the buffer while the dumpit is reading it — a use-after-free on vmalloc memory. The trailing seqcount recheck (smp_load_acquire of rq_status_counter) cannot undo a load that already retired against freed memory. Fix by replacing vfree(args->ops) with kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(), which defers the free until after an RCU grace period. This makes the existing rcu_read_lock in the dumpit sufficient to protect the read. The tradeoff is that completed compound ops buffers (up to 200 * sizeof(struct nfsd4_op)) persist in memory slightly longer, across one grace period, before being reclaimed.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-11 20:19:56.030000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:07.500000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:56.030",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:07.500",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: defer vfree of compound ops to fix rpc_status UAF\n\nThe rpc_status netlink dumpit walks every in-flight svc_rqst under\nrcu_read_lock and, for NFSv4 requests, reads opnums out of\nargs->ops[]. But args->ops is a separate vmalloc buffer freed\nsynchronously by vfree() in nfsd4_release_compoundargs() at the end\nof every compound. The dumpit's rcu_read_lock pins the svc_rqst\nstruct itself (freed via kfree_rcu), but nothing defers the vfree\nof the ops buffer across the RCU grace period. A concurrent compound\ncompletion can therefore free the buffer while the dumpit is reading\nit — a use-after-free on vmalloc memory.\n\nThe trailing seqcount recheck (smp_load_acquire of rq_status_counter)\ncannot undo a load that already retired against freed memory.\n\nFix by replacing vfree(args->ops) with kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(), which\ndefers the free until after an RCU grace period. This makes the\nexisting rcu_read_lock in the dumpit sufficient to protect the read.\nThe tradeoff is that completed compound ops buffers (up to\n200 * sizeof(struct nfsd4_op)) persist in memory slightly longer,\nacross one grace period, before being reclaimed."
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