nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-37871
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.78 % · percentile 56 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall A deadlock warning occurred when invoking nfs4_put_stid following a failed dl_recall queue operation: T1 T2 nfs4_laundromat nfs4_get_client_reaplist nfs4_anylock_blockers __break_lease spin_lock // ctx->flc_lock spin_lock // clp->cl_lock nfs4_lockowner_has_blockers locks_owner_has_blockers spin_lock // flctx->flc_lock nfsd_break_deleg_cb nfsd_break_one_deleg nfs4_put_stid refcount_dec_and_lock spin_lock // clp->cl_lock When a file is opened, an nfs4_delegation is allocated with sc_count initialized to 1, and the file_lease holds a reference to the delegation. The file_lease is then associated with the file through kernel_setlease. The disassociation is performed in nfsd4_delegreturn via the following call chain: nfsd4_delegreturn --> destroy_delegation --> destroy_unhashed_deleg --> nfs4_unlock_deleg_lease --> kernel_setlease --> generic_delete_lease The corresponding sc_count reference will be released after this disassociation. Since nfsd_break_one_deleg executes while holding the flc_lock, the disassociation process becomes blocked when attempting to acquire flc_lock in generic_delete_lease. This means: 1) sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg will not be decremented to 0; 2) The nfs4_put_stid called by nfsd_break_one_deleg will not attempt to acquire cl_lock; 3) Consequently, no deadlock condition is created. Given that sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg remains non-zero, we can safely perform refcount_dec on sc_count directly. This approach effectively avoids triggering deadlock warnings.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b874cdef4e67e5150e07eff0eae1cbb21fb92da1 < b9bbe8f9d5663311d06667ce36d6ed255ead1a26 ; affected cdb796137c57e68ca34518d53be53b679351eb86 < a70832d3555987035fc430ccd703acd89393eadb ; affected d96587cc93ec369031bcd7658c6adc719873c9fd < ba903539fff745d592d893c71b30e5e268a95413 ; affected 9a81cde8c7ce65dd90fb47ceea93a45fc1a2fbd1 < 7d192e27a431026c58d60edf66dc6cd98d0c01fc ; affected cad3479b63661a399c9df1d0b759e1806e2df3c8 < a7fce086f6ca84db409b9d58493ea77c1978897c ; affected 133f5e2a37ce08c82d24e8fba65e0a81deae4609 < 14985d66b9b99c12995dd99d1c6c8dec4114c2a5
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.10.236 < 5.10.237 ; affected 5.15.180 < 5.15.181 ; affected 6.1.134 < 6.1.135 ; affected 6.6.87 < 6.6.88 ; affected 6.12.23 < 6.12.25 ; affected 6.14.2 < 6.14.4

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD