CVE-2026-89712
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: restart ssc_expire_umount walk after dropping nfsd_ssc_lock nfsd4_ssc_expire_umount() walks nn->nfsd_ssc_mount_list with list_for_each_entry_safe(ni, tmp, ...). For each expired entry it sets nsui_busy = true, drops nfsd_ssc_lock to run mntput() on the source vfsmount, then reacquires the lock to list_del + kfree the entry and continue iterating via the macro's saved tmp pointer. The nsui_busy flag protects the current ni from concurrent nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() finders during the lock-drop window, but it does not pin tmp. Another nfsd RPC thread that fails its source- server mount and reaches nfsd4_ssc_cancel_dul() will, during that same window, take nfsd_ssc_lock, list_del + kfree its own ssc_umount item, and release the lock. If that item is the saved tmp of the expire walk, the next iteration dereferences a freed nfsd4_ssc_umount_item. Restart the walk from the head after the mntput() unlock window so no saved next pointer survives the lock-drop. The list is bounded by the number of active inter-server source mounts (typically small) and the expire delayed-work runs periodically rather than per-IO, so the restart is cheap.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:58.620000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:18:10.103000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nNFSD: restart ssc_expire_umount walk after dropping nfsd_ssc_lock\n\nnfsd4_ssc_expire_umount() walks nn->nfsd_ssc_mount_list with\nlist_for_each_entry_safe(ni, tmp, ...). For each expired entry it\nsets nsui_busy = true, drops nfsd_ssc_lock to run mntput() on the\nsource vfsmount, then reacquires the lock to list_del + kfree the\nentry and continue iterating via the macro's saved tmp pointer.\n\nThe nsui_busy flag protects the current ni from concurrent\nnfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() finders during the lock-drop window, but it\ndoes not pin tmp. Another nfsd RPC thread that fails its source-\nserver mount and reaches nfsd4_ssc_cancel_dul() will, during that\nsame window, take nfsd_ssc_lock, list_del + kfree its own ssc_umount\nitem, and release the lock. If that item is the saved tmp of the\nexpire walk, the next iteration dereferences a freed\nnfsd4_ssc_umount_item.\n\nRestart the walk from the head after the mntput() unlock window so\nno saved next pointer survives the lock-drop. The list is bounded\nby the number of active inter-server source mounts (typically small)\nand the expire delayed-work runs periodically rather than per-IO,\nso the restart is cheap."
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