From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@kernel.org>
Subject: CVE-2026-90236: NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:11:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026091741-CVE-2026-90236-ee83@gregkh> (raw)
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@kernel.org>
Description
===========
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids
nfs4_put_stid() releases the svc_export tracked in
nfs4_stid.sc_export, but free_ol_stateid_reaplist() frees open and
lock stateids by calling ->sc_free() directly, bypassing that path.
An open stateid takes an sc_export reference in nfs4_open() and a
lock stateid takes its own in init_lock_stateid(); both reach
free_ol_stateid_reaplist() through their normal teardown, the open
stateid via release_open_stateid() and the lock stateid via
nfsd4_release_lockowner(), each through put_ol_stateid_locked().
The reference is therefore never dropped, pinning the export and
blocking unmount for the lifetime of the stateid.
Release sc_export in free_ol_stateid_reaplist() the way
nfs4_put_stid() does. ->sc_free() runs once per stateid, and a
stateid reaches free_ol_stateid_reaplist() or nfs4_put_stid() but
never both, so the reference is dropped exactly once. Revoked
stateids reach this path with sc_export already cleared by
drop_stid_export(), so they are skipped rather than double-freed.
nfs4_put_stid() itself read sc_export before acquiring cl_lock.
drop_stid_export() clears that field and releases the reference
under cl_lock, so a concurrent revocation could drop the export in
the window between the read and the final put, releasing the same
reference twice. Read sc_export while cl_lock is held so the two
paths serialize and the reference is released exactly once.
The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2026-90236 to this issue.
Affected and fixed versions
===========================
Issue introduced in 7.2 with commit ba0cde5dc81d214684b8ea0bd87414ba2f48fe02 and fixed in 7.2.6 with commit 7458727fd7cb79d09e5120b6fecc1ad11cdb0946
Issue introduced in 7.2 with commit ba0cde5dc81d214684b8ea0bd87414ba2f48fe02 and fixed in 7.3-rc1 with commit 6480bd703684ed3f760e9e36c4a699033c0806ae
Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.
Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions. The official CVE entry at
https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2026-90236
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.
Affected files
==============
The file(s) affected by this issue are:
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
Mitigation
==========
The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes. Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release. Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all. If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7458727fd7cb79d09e5120b6fecc1ad11cdb0946
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6480bd703684ed3f760e9e36c4a699033c0806ae
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