nfsd: release path refs on follow_down() error (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.70 % · percentile 53 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: release path refs on follow_down() error nfsd_cross_mnt() initializes a local struct path with mntget() and dget() before calling follow_down(). On a negative return the error arm jumps to out without releasing those references: err = follow_down(&path, follow_flags); if (err < 0) goto out; follow_down() never drops the caller's entry-time refs on any error sub-case; for example a pre-cross d_manage() failure leaves path untouched, so the mntget()/dget() taken on entry survive the call. Every other early-exit arm in nfsd_cross_mnt() (other-namespace return, IS_ERR(exp2), and the success tail after the swap) already calls path_put(&path); the err < 0 arm is the lone omission. The leak inflates mnt_count and d_count on each failed cross-mount, blocking umount and pinning dentries against the shrinker, and is reachable by any authenticated NFS client through nfsd_lookup_dentry or the NFSv4 READDIR encode path. Fix by calling path_put(&path) before the goto out in the err < 0 arm so the entry-time refs are released on all follow_down() error returns.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf5a0f88d21239d8f9f7519b87359ba95fd045c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18847cbf5900f5c6c55bef5a6f7a34a1918d1181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e301c5cdb0dc2c4aeffc0c055ea15615d9c51fdc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/085cfde7c2186acaad103f02d2c25435ad5224e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/194316df81263519156ebe714c4a286bee00e5be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467d56fd3ff57447a790c6dc3ede2d02a947d224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc4343308d85ee4e0dd3877b384306c96f114c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cba08dc1922140d260cfeb30bbda4ee1bf869d8
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76619
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89707
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < bdf5a0f88d21239d8f9f7519b87359ba95fd045c ; affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < 18847cbf5900f5c6c55bef5a6f7a34a1918d1181 ; affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < e301c5cdb0dc2c4aeffc0c055ea15615d9c51fdc ; affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < 085cfde7c2186acaad103f02d2c25435ad5224e9 ; affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < 194316df81263519156ebe714c4a286bee00e5be ; affected cc53ce53c86924bfe98a12ea20b7465038a08792 < 467d56fd3ff57447a790c6dc3ede2d02a947d224 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.38 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.38 ; unaffected 5.10.273 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.224 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |