CVE-2026-53399
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…
Impact
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).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.0 before 5.10.261 from 5.11 before 5.15.212 from 5.16 before 6.1.178 from 6.2 before 6.6.145 from 6.7 before 6.12.96 from 6.13 before 6.18.39 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0a5d6d62600b8c614d1b55e50ef94035d6adf9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d55c8aabb261bc3f427d6b9aae7ef6206063f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48a586e382e4db1dbf958d44b63e081df5f8ed04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bbb7ce74051c8be4b69ff44ce3db370600dae61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c2b7797742339bb768f83935f7ca33950db138
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dee7c278f1c2b5bb80e17a6281c3812fc8b0cdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d369e5edfaaf83a448016e2f1da392b2174be801
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d788ef40a7517d22c97ab01700e4ae4c611b6f2f