CVE-2026-89663

nfsd: revoke copy-notify stateids before dropping their reference

Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026

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

CVSS severityUnavailable
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EPSS probability0.46%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

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

nfsd: revoke copy-notify stateids before dropping their reference

Copy-notify stateids live in the s2s_cp_stateids IDR and on their parent stid's sc_cp_list, pinned by a single membership reference. _free_cpntf_state_locked() only unlinks an entry once its refcount reaches zero, so any revoke path that runs while a concurrent find_cpntf_state()/manage_cpntf_state() holder has elevated cs_count drops the reference without unlinking, leaving the entry discoverable with its membership reference already consumed. A second revoke or a laundromat tick then frees it while the reader still holds the pointer -- a KASAN-detectable use-after-free at the reader's nfs4_put_cpntf_state().

This affected all three revoke paths:

  • The parent-stid drain (nfs4_free_cpntf_statelist()) repeatedly called _free_cpntf_state_locked() on the first list entry; a holder that had bumped cs_count made it return early, so the next iteration re-decremented and burned the holder's reference.

  • OFFLOAD_CANCEL (manage_cpntf_state()) and laundromat expiry likewise used _free_cpntf_state_locked() and could drop 2->1 without unlinking.

Add revoke_cpntf_state_locked(), which unhashes the entry from the IDR and sc_cp_list first (deferring the final free to any holder), and use it from all three revoke paths. The drain now walks with list_for_each_entry_safe() and revokes each entry unconditionally, so it terminates in one pass per entry regardless of cs_count. The unhash is gated on !list_empty(&cps->cp_list); the idr_remove() gate matters because idr_alloc_cyclic() may have recycled the so_id by then. Keep _free_cpntf_state_locked() for the reference-holder put path only, where a concurrent revoke may already have unlinked the entry (its list_del_init() then a no-op).

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-89663
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Sep 11, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
Unavailable
Privileges
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Timeline

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  1. Sep 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.6
  2. Affected versionversion=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <3b0c3595db99bb4bebd7c8aa8a36f3c50e411bb7
  3. Affected versionversion=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <6b8149448cdcb476fba4559d1ecc247efee9971b
  4. Affected versionversion=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <b56d2c5f01cddbeca7d11cce81d97db4ec9a464f
  5. Affected versionversion=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <ff8a3cff02b92b2a82f1a9876038fcf953ae9c25

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What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=5.6; version=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <3b0c3595db99bb4bebd7c8aa8a36f3c50e411bb7; version=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <6b8149448cdcb476fba4559d1ecc247efee9971b; version=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <b56d2c5f01cddbeca7d11cce81d97db4ec9a464f; version=624322f1adc58acd0b69f77a6ddc764207e97241 <ff8a3cff02b92b2a82f1a9876038fcf953ae9c25

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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