Bug 2532098 (CVE-2026-89686) - CVE-2026-89686 kernel: Linux kernel (nfsd): Denial of Service due to a race condition in NFSv4 delegation revoke
Summary: CVE-2026-89686 kernel: Linux kernel (nfsd): Denial of Service due to a race c...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89686
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 20:31 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 20:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:31:43 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: fix BUG_ON in nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid on racing delegation revoke

nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid reads fp->fi_deleg_file without holding
fi_lock when the parent stateid is a delegation. A concurrent delegation
revoke via the laundromat can clear fi_deleg_file under fi_lock, causing
nfsd_file_get() to return NULL and triggering the BUG_ON.

This race is client-reachable: two NFS clients can trigger it by having
one hold a delegation while another opens the same file to force a
recall. When the first client doesn't respond to the recall, the
laundromat revokes it. A concurrent LAYOUTGET from any client using the
delegation stateid hits the race window.

Fix this by taking fi_lock around the fi_deleg_file read in the
SC_TYPE_DELEG path, matching the locking discipline of the
find_any_file() arm, and replacing the BUG_ON with a graceful error
return that cleans up the partially-initialized layout stateid.


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