CVE-2026-89689

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-89689

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: don't free session slots that are still in use

nfsd4_sequence() can free the very slot it is currently processing.

When the session shrinker has reduced se_target_maxslots below

se_fchannel.maxreqs, the shrink path checks three conditions before

calling free_session_slots():

1. se_target_maxslots < maxreqs (shrink was advertised)

2. slot->sl_generation == se_slot_gen (slot is up-to-date)

3. seq->maxslots <= se_target_maxslots (client acknowledges)

However, seq->slotid is never checked against se_target_maxslots.

A client using a slot in the range [se_target_maxslots, maxreqs) can

satisfy all three conditions: its slot has the current generation

(set by a prior SEQUENCE), and it sends sa_highest_slotid <=

se_target_maxslots to acknowledge the reduction.

free_session_slots() then kfrees every slot at index >=

se_target_maxslots, including the caller's own slot. The function

continues to write sl_seqid, sl_flags, sl_generation, and stores the

dangling pointer in cstate->slot. Later, nfsd4_store_cache_entry()

copies up to maxresp_cached bytes of the compound reply into the freed

sl_data[] array, corrupting whatever slab object now occupies that

address.

Additionally, a concurrent thread processing SEQUENCE on a different

high-numbered slot can have its slot freed out from under it.

NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE is set under nn->client_lock before the lock is

released, so any concurrent thread past SEQUENCE will have its slot

marked. However, free_session_slots() does not check NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE

before freeing.

Fix both problems by:

1. Checking that the current request's slotid is below the shrink

boundary.

2. Scanning slots in the to-be-freed range for NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE and

deferring the shrink if any are active. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References