CRITICAL 9.8 NVD
CVE-2026-90036
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping A bare lock owner -- its o
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during blocked-lock reaping
A bare lock owner -- its only remaining reference a blocked lock on
nn->blocked_locks_lru -- holds a raw pointer to its nfs4_client but
no reference keeping the client alive. When the per-net laundromat
reaps such a lock, freeing the nbl drops the owner reference
held through flc_owner, and the final nfs4_put_stateowner()
takes the client's cl_lock. Because the laundromat detaches the
nbl first, __destroy_client() no longer finds it, so a concurrent
force_expire_client() can free the client before nfs4_put_stateowner()
runs, dereferencing cl_lock in freed memory.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users before dropping
nn->blocked_locks_lock, and skip clients already expiring, whose
blocked locks __destroy_client() frees while holding an owner
reference. Take nn->client_lock outside nn->blocked_locks_lock.
Every other site holds nn->blocked_locks_lock as a leaf, acquiring
no further lock, so placing nn->client_lock outside it cannot form
a lock-order cycle.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fedb2eaff77554ca7a0deffd2e8bc0d6e8b38b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9026932ac8be4d0ae01db47f23619a98cc57b671
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd489b03587378645fe0d20142a33f1ed60bac98
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2026-09-16 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-09-16 · -1 days ago
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