Critical severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-90104
NFSv4.1: zero referring call lists before decoding
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSv4.1: zero referring call lists before decoding
decode_cb_sequence_args() allocates csa_rclists with kmalloc_objs(), so
each referring_call_list starts uninitialized. decode_rc_list() assigns
rcl_refcalls only when rcl_nrefcalls is nonzero. A valid list with zero
referring calls therefore leaves the pointer uninitialized, and
nfs4_callback_sequence() later passes stale slab contents to kfree().
Allocate csa_rclists with kzalloc_objs() so every rcl_refcalls member is
NULL from the beginning, including valid empty referring call lists.
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)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
4aece6a19cf7f474f15eb861ba74db4479884ce3 before ed54460caf5b5aa65ec03c9a6032d831f39f19f5; 4aece6a19cf7f474f15eb861ba74db4479884ce3 before 7510a5b9edec9d9536a4e69f10edfb2592e6cf7f; 4aece6a19cf7f474f15eb861ba74db4479884ce3 before f4d23937e1c41995c2f54af26c89b5e48a41c299; 4aece6a19cf7f474f15eb861ba74db4479884ce3 before f31f3c042e024aef437cda42f0424ae8d4594b6c; 4aece6a19cf7f474f15eb861ba74db4479884ce3 before 8fa4804fe62ca4155a2d8fc2789d630376cbf2fc; 2.6.31 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90104
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90104
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7510a5b9edec9d9536a4e69f10edfb2592e6cf7f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa4804fe62ca4155a2d8fc2789d630376cbf2fc
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed54460caf5b5aa65ec03c9a6032d831f39f19f5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31f3c042e024aef437cda42f0424ae8d4594b6c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d23937e1c41995c2f54af26c89b5e48a41c299
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