Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89712
NFSD: restart ssc_expire_umount walk after dropping nfsd_ssc_lock
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
a4bc287943f5695209ff36bdc89f17b48d68fae7 before 2b59029b8f24a99b5d844af2da3950d39d36eeea; f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b before d9e151fea5ed706c1284adacabd869b0be745db2; f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b before 659ee3da073164e1e6e40dfcbc26eeed85845f93; f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b before 60680ae7243b22de3d09be990d8e23bcfc4af837; f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b before 77de363d9a1c8cd35f20482782c612cda085791a; f4e44b393389c77958f7c58bf4415032b4cda15b before 4ed8d2317aef21cc2a9e5a55d6b59860b4b151a8; +4 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89712
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89712
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/036c1b182f4da65363e79ec0ac276edc6b7296e5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b59029b8f24a99b5d844af2da3950d39d36eeea
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ed8d2317aef21cc2a9e5a55d6b59860b4b151a8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60680ae7243b22de3d09be990d8e23bcfc4af837
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/659ee3da073164e1e6e40dfcbc26eeed85845f93
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7377fa964b8aaf47cb04e5efcc4c82d15e8c2ce9
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