CVE-2026-89715
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS/localio: fix ref leak on nfs_uuid_add_file failure When nfs_uuid_add_file() races with nfs_uuid_put() tearing down uuid->net, it returns -ENXIO without publishing nfl->nfs_uuid via rcu_assign_pointer(). nfs_open_local_fh() then enters its error branch and only releases the slot's file ref and its paired net ref plus its own entry-time net ref, while the close path is a no-op: nfs_close_local_fh() nfs_uuid = rcu_dereference(nfl->nfs_uuid); if (!nfs_uuid) { rcu_read_unlock(); return; } /* always */ nfsd_open_local_fh() returns localio holding a caller-owned +1 nfsd_file reference (from nfsd_file_get() after nfsd_file_acquire_local()) and an entry-time nfsd_net reference (from its first nfsd_net_try_get()) embedded as nf->nf_net. Both are leaked on the failure path, pinning one nfsd_file (and the underlying struct file, dentry, inode) and one nfsd_net_ref per occurrence, which blocks nfsd_net and netns teardown. Fix by releasing the caller-owned file ref and its net ref through the existing helper, using a stack-local RCU pointer so the helper can xchg it out, then returning -ENXIO so callers do not dereference a localio whose slot has been cleared: struct nfsd_file __rcu *tmp = RCU_INITIALIZER(localio); nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(pnf); nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(&tmp); localio = ERR_PTR(-ENXIO); The trailing nfs_to_nfsd_net_put(net) continues to release the outer net ref, so all three nfsd_net_try_get() increments are balanced on the error branch.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-89715",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-09-11T20:19:58.993",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:10.470",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nNFS/localio: fix ref leak on nfs_uuid_add_file failure\n\nWhen nfs_uuid_add_file() races with nfs_uuid_put() tearing down\nuuid->net, it returns -ENXIO without publishing nfl->nfs_uuid via\nrcu_assign_pointer(). nfs_open_local_fh() then enters its error\nbranch and only releases the slot's file ref and its paired net\nref plus its own entry-time net ref, while the close path is a\nno-op:\n\n nfs_close_local_fh()\n nfs_uuid = rcu_dereference(nfl->nfs_uuid);\n if (!nfs_uuid) { rcu_read_unlock(); return; } /* always */\n\nnfsd_open_local_fh() returns localio holding a caller-owned +1\nnfsd_file reference (from nfsd_file_get() after\nnfsd_file_acquire_local()) and an entry-time nfsd_net reference\n(from its first nfsd_net_try_get()) embedded as nf->nf_net. Both\nare leaked on the failure path, pinning one nfsd_file (and the\nunderlying struct file, dentry, inode) and one nfsd_net_ref per\noccurrence, which blocks nfsd_net and netns teardown.\n\nFix by releasing the caller-owned file ref and its net ref through\nthe existing helper, using a stack-local RCU pointer so the helper\ncan xchg it out, then returning -ENXIO so callers do not\ndereference a localio whose slot has been cleared:\n\n struct nfsd_file __rcu *tmp = RCU_INITIALIZER(localio);\n\n nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(pnf);\n nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(&tmp);\n localio = ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);\n\nThe trailing nfs_to_nfsd_net_put(net) continues to release the\nouter net ref, so all three nfsd_net_try_get() increments are\nbalanced on the error branch."
}
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"metrics": {},
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