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CVE-2026-90036

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a bare lock owner left on nn->blocked_locks_lru holds only a raw pointer to its nfs4_client. When the laundromat reaps such a lock, the final nfs4_put_stateowner() takes the client's cl_lock, which a concurrent force_expire_client() may have already freed, causing a use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

A race between blocked-lock reaping and forced client expiry can lead to a use-after-free and kernel crash.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version where the client is pinned with cl_rpc_users before dropping nn->blocked_locks_lock and already-expiring clients are skipped.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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