CVE-2026-89703 (GCVE-0-2026-89703)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-11 19:46
Modified
2026-10-19 08:51
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: set SC_STATUS_FREED in nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid for delegations nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid() handles FREE_STATEID for admin-revoked delegations but does not set SC_STATUS_FREED before releasing cl_lock. revoke_delegation() uses this flag to detect whether FREE_STATEID has already processed the delegation -- without it, the freed delegation is added to cl_revoked via list_add(), producing a use-after-free when cl_revoked is later traversed in __destroy_client(). The SC_STATUS_REVOKED path in nfsd4_free_stateid() (line 7983) already sets SC_STATUS_FREED correctly. Apply the same pattern to the SC_STATUS_ADMIN_REVOKED path in nfsd4_drop_revoked_stid().
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Linux Linux Version: 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a
Version: 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a
Version: 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a
Version: 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a
Version: 967faa26f313a62e7bebc55d5b8122eaee43b929
Version: 6.11.6   ≤
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