Bug 2532214 (CVE-2026-89685) - CVE-2026-89685 kernel: Linux kernel: NFS daemon denial of service via clock domain mismatch
Summary: CVE-2026-89685 kernel: Linux kernel: NFS daemon denial of service via clock d...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89685
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-11 21:25 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 21:49 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 21:25:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: fix clock domain mismatch in clients_still_reclaiming()

clients_still_reclaiming() computes a deadline from nn->boot_time
(CLOCK_REALTIME, ~1.7 billion) but compares it against
ktime_get_boottime_seconds() (CLOCK_BOOTTIME, seconds since boot).
The comparison is always false — it would take ~54 years of uptime
for BOOTTIME to exceed the REALTIME-derived deadline.

This means any client can hold the server in grace indefinitely by
sending CLAIM_PREVIOUS OPEN requests, blocking all non-reclaim
operations for all other clients.

Add boot_time_bt (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) alongside the existing boot_time
and use it for the deadline computation. boot_time (CLOCK_REALTIME)
is preserved for its cl_boot clientid-nonce role.


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