Local kernel compromise via v4_end_grace shutdown race
Published Jan 23, 2026 · Updated Jan 23, 2026
A use-after-free in Linux Kernel nfsd allows local users to access freed memory by writing v4_end_grace during server shutdown. The control write can reschedule the laundromat work item after shutdown has waited for it, causing nfsd4_end_grace to access the freed reclaim_str_hashtbl. Exploitation requires local access to an nfsd control or helper context; remote NFS clients cannot directly invoke this path.
Summary
What happened
A use-after-free in Linux Kernel nfsd allows local users to access freed memory by writing v4_end_grace during server shutdown. The control write can reschedule the laundromat work item after shutdown has waited for it, causing nfsd4_end_grace to access the freed reclaim_str_hashtbl. Exploitation requires local access to an nfsd control or helper context; remote NFS clients cannot directly invoke this path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-22980
- Published
- Jan 23, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.18
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <06600719d0f7a723811c45e4d51f5b742f345309
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <2857bd59feb63fcf40fe4baf55401baea6b4feb4
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <34eb22836e0cdba093baac66599d68c4cd245a9d
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <53f07d095e7e680c5e4569a55a019f2c0348cdc6
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <ba4811c8b433bfa681729ca42cc62b6034f223b0
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <ca97360860eb02e3ae4ba42c19b439a0fcecbf06
- Affected versionversion=7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 <e8bfa2401d4c51eca6e48e9b33c798828ca9df61
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