FKIE_CVE-2026-72222

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-10-16 19:17
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: pin svc_xprt across the asynchronous TLS handshake callback svc_tcp_handshake() stores the raw svc_xprt pointer in tls_handshake_args.ta_data and submits the request through tls_server_hello_x509(). The handshake core takes only sock_hold(req->hr_sk); nothing references the embedding struct svc_sock that svc_tcp_handshake_done() reaches via container_of(). Two close races leave the in-flight callback writing through a freed svc_sock. svc_sock_free() calls tls_handshake_cancel() and discards its return value: a false return means handshake_complete() has already set HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED but hp_done() may not have finished, yet svc_sock_free() proceeds to kfree(svsk). The cancel-loser fall-through inside svc_tcp_handshake() itself produces the same window: when wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() returns <= 0 (timeout or signal) and tls_handshake_cancel() returns false, the function does not drain, returns, and svc_handle_xprt() calls svc_xprt_received(), which clears XPT_BUSY and can drop the last reference. A concurrent close then runs svc_sock_free() while svc_tcp_handshake_done() is still updating xpt_flags and walking svsk->sk_handshake_done. The corruption surfaces as set_bit/clear_bit RMW into the freed xpt_flags slab slot and as complete_all() walking and writing the freed wait_queue_head_t list embedded in sk_handshake_done -- a slab-corruption primitive, not a benign read. The path is reachable on any TLS-enabled NFS server whenever a connection close overlaps the tlshd downcall delivery window; the interruptible wait means signal delivery suffices, not just SVC_HANDSHAKE_TO expiry. Take svc_xprt_get(xprt) immediately before tls_server_hello_x509() so the in-flight callback owns its own reference. Release it on the two edges where the callback is guaranteed not to fire -- submission failure from tls_server_hello_x509() and a successful tls_handshake_cancel() -- and at the tail of svc_tcp_handshake_done() after complete_all(). [cel: rewrote commit message to describe the actual change]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/083e9c2ec7e8bb13b79c9fd7b337abdd758ecc5f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4f97d13fff91e0bc539216be88b884b544d49f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9ee75a97a769be258784c22b89657acb5ed9bd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f988f3a2808fb659f3880c282041ff067acad78
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b55945dd99f29d83e1965d0141040a35262346
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsunrpc: pin svc_xprt across the asynchronous TLS handshake callback\n\nsvc_tcp_handshake() stores the raw svc_xprt pointer in\ntls_handshake_args.ta_data and submits the request through\ntls_server_hello_x509(). The handshake core takes only\nsock_hold(req-\u003ehr_sk); nothing references the embedding struct\nsvc_sock that svc_tcp_handshake_done() reaches via container_of().\n\nTwo close races leave the in-flight callback writing through a freed\nsvc_sock. svc_sock_free() calls tls_handshake_cancel() and discards\nits return value: a false return means handshake_complete() has\nalready set HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED but hp_done() may not have\nfinished, yet svc_sock_free() proceeds to kfree(svsk). The\ncancel-loser fall-through inside svc_tcp_handshake() itself produces\nthe same window: when wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout()\nreturns \u003c= 0 (timeout or signal) and tls_handshake_cancel() returns\nfalse, the function does not drain, returns, and svc_handle_xprt()\ncalls svc_xprt_received(), which clears XPT_BUSY and can drop the\nlast reference. A concurrent close then runs svc_sock_free() while\nsvc_tcp_handshake_done() is still updating xpt_flags and walking\nsvsk-\u003esk_handshake_done.\n\nThe corruption surfaces as set_bit/clear_bit RMW into the freed\nxpt_flags slab slot and as complete_all() walking and writing the\nfreed wait_queue_head_t list embedded in sk_handshake_done -- a\nslab-corruption primitive, not a benign read. The path is reachable\non any TLS-enabled NFS server whenever a connection close overlaps\nthe tlshd downcall delivery window; the interruptible wait means\nsignal delivery suffices, not just SVC_HANDSHAKE_TO expiry.\n\nTake svc_xprt_get(xprt) immediately before tls_server_hello_x509()\nso the in-flight callback owns its own reference. Release it on the\ntwo edges where the callback is guaranteed not to fire -- submission\nfailure from tls_server_hello_x509() and a successful\ntls_handshake_cancel() -- and at the tail of\nsvc_tcp_handshake_done() after complete_all().\n\n[cel: rewrote commit message to describe the actual change]"
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72222",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-16T19:17:14.847",
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          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
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          "baseScore": 9.8,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "total"
            }
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          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "timestamp": "2026-10-16T18:44:02.358946Z",
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  "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:41.120",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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