Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89659
NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke
A delegation stateid holds only a bare pointer to its owning
nfs4_client and does not keep it alive. The client survives its
stateids only because __destroy_client() drains cl_delegations and
cl_revoked before free_client() runs.
nfs4_laundromat() breaks that invariant: it unhashes an
expired delegation from cl_delegations, drops deleg_lock, then
revoke_delegation() relinks it onto cl_revoked under cl_lock. In that
window the delegation is on neither list, so client_has_state() can
report no remaining state.
Every teardown path first requires cl_rpc_users to be zero, but
the laundromat holds no such reference. A client whose recalled
delegation has just timed out can therefore reach free_client()
while revoke_delegation() is still about to dereference cl_lock,
a use-after-free.
Pin the client with cl_rpc_users across the revoke so teardown blocks
until it completes, then reap the delegation from cl_revoked. A client
already expiring reaps its own, so skip it and leave the delegation on
del_recall_lru.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 before 94f0c73797c30a35812ffb32d11b8737d245c405; 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 before 0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9; 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 before 3c0a53ee0b442348d8d2286d6960d3f07bb3a3d3; 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 before 2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56; 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 before 4683ca76b3b7e5808338491c6eb3c20e6b4894d5; 3.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89659
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89659
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0a53ee0b442348d8d2286d6960d3f07bb3a3d3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4683ca76b3b7e5808338491c6eb3c20e6b4894d5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f0c73797c30a35812ffb32d11b8737d245c405
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