CVE-2026-53399 (GCVE-0-2026-53399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 12:02 – Updated: 2026-10-19 20:07
VLAI
Title
nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure nfs4_alloc_stid() publishes the new stid into cl->cl_stateids via idr_alloc_cyclic() under cl_lock before returning to nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid(). When nfsd4_layout_setlease() then fails, the error path frees the layout stateid directly with kmem_cache_free() without ever calling idr_remove(), leaving the IDR slot pointing at freed slab memory. Any subsequent IDR walker (states_show, client teardown) dereferences the dangling pointer. The correct teardown for an IDR-published stid is nfs4_put_stid(), which removes the IDR slot under cl_lock, dispatches sc_free (nfsd4_free_layout_stateid) to release ls->ls_file via nfsd4_close_layout(), and drops the nfs4_file reference in its tail. A second issue blocks that switch: nfsd4_free_layout_stateid() unconditionally inspects ls->ls_fence_work via delayed_work_pending() under ls_lock, but INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ls->ls_fence_work, ...) currently runs only after the setlease call. On the setlease-failure path the destructor would touch an uninitialized delayed_work. nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid() nfs4_alloc_stid() /* idr_alloc_cyclic under cl_lock */ nfsd4_layout_setlease() /* fails */ nfs4_put_stid() nfsd4_free_layout_stateid() delayed_work_pending(&ls->ls_fence_work) /* needs INIT */ nfsd4_close_layout() /* nfsd_file_put(ls->ls_file) */ put_nfs4_file() Fix by hoisting the ls_fenced / ls_fence_delay / INIT_DELAYED_WORK initialization above the nfsd4_layout_setlease() call, and replace the manual nfsd_file_put + put_nfs4_file + kmem_cache_free cleanup with a single nfs4_put_stid(stp).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:30 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6992 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < d788ef40a7517d22c97ab01700e4ae4c611b6f2f (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 2e0a5d6d62600b8c614d1b55e50ef94035d6adf9 (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 7bbb7ce74051c8be4b69ff44ce3db370600dae61 (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 48a586e382e4db1dbf958d44b63e081df5f8ed04 (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < d369e5edfaaf83a448016e2f1da392b2174be801 (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 8dee7c278f1c2b5bb80e17a6281c3812fc8b0cdd (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 83c2b7797742339bb768f83935f7ca33950db138 (git)
Affected: c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d , < 30d55c8aabb261bc3f427d6b9aae7ef6206063f9 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.96 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.3 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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