Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lockd: Plug nlm_file refcount leak on cached nlm_do_fopen() failure
The cached-file path in nlm_lookup_file() reaches the found: label unconditionally, even when nlm_do_fopen() fails. At that label *result and file->f_count are updated before the error is returned. The wrappers nlm3svc_lookup_file() and nlm4svc_lookup_file() then bail out of their switch without copying *result back to their caller, so the proc handler's local nlm_file pointer remains NULL and the cleanup path skips nlm_release_file(). The f_count increment is never released, and nlm_traverse_files() can no longer reap the file because its refcount never returns to zero between requests.
Short-circuit the cached path so neither *result nor f_count is touched when nlm_do_fopen() fails on a hashed nlm_file.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= e580323ac0b51ad10ec2e181d1f777479b7983e7, < 6cd84cefd8b73e85b9eda17b319bd40a670f3a38; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < fe3b45b56b6c3d4b6b341de27fa291005287a21c; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < cb3420c047957e565101585bb4f15e1a6e3de6b0; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < 7ce4c23e783e766507b2cef27bbf97e9ca944f1a; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < 84008bf1860e0ef8059a7583a1163f36b704d08a; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < 46d59ff421824b6483549d87f14efffbbbd1f6cb; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < 3a5c55a19cad62f2973be25fe96a1a9e7f618e8a; >= 7f024fcd5c97dc70bb9121c80407cf3cf9be7159, < 70a38f87bed7f0694fd07988b47b2db1e10d8df3; >= 5.10.220, < 5.10.261 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.15 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5c55a19cad62f2973be25fe96a1a9e7f618e8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d59ff421824b6483549d87f14efffbbbd1f6cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cd84cefd8b73e85b9eda17b319bd40a670f3a38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a38f87bed7f0694fd07988b47b2db1e10d8df3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce4c23e783e766507b2cef27bbf97e9ca944f1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84008bf1860e0ef8059a7583a1163f36b704d08a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3420c047957e565101585bb4f15e1a6e3de6b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe3b45b56b6c3d4b6b341de27fa291005287a21c
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 6, 2026
- NVD status
- Received