Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: avoid leaking pre-allocated openowner on unconfirmed retry race
When find_or_alloc_open_stateowner() encounters an unconfirmed owner, it calls release_openowner() and sets oo = NULL. Control then falls through past the `if (oo)` guard -- which would have freed any pre-allocated `new` -- and unconditionally executes `new = alloc_stateowner(...)`. If `new` was already allocated on a prior iteration, the pointer is silently overwritten and the previous allocation (slab object + owner name buffer) is leaked.
This requires a race: two NFSv4.0 OPEN threads with the same owner string, where a concurrent thread inserts a new unconfirmed owner into the hash between retry iterations. The window is narrow but repeatable under adversarial conditions.
Fix by adding `goto retry` after `oo = NULL` so the already-allocated `new` is reused on the next iteration rather than overwritten.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5, < c9aefb2b5f11337c9202c5bd0c45d71198449718; >= 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5, < 017a6150106b054cc84d1b0582d97bd3a74d4281; >= 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5, < a10bf67fe06469a71a401f72f328237345d553c0; >= 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5, < 57aee7a35bb12753057c5b65d72d1f46c0e95b07 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.10 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017a6150106b054cc84d1b0582d97bd3a74d4281Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57aee7a35bb12753057c5b65d72d1f46c0e95b07Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10bf67fe06469a71a401f72f328237345d553c0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9aefb2b5f11337c9202c5bd0c45d71198449718Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified