CVE-2026-90038

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90038
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90038.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90038
Downstream
Published
2026-09-16T10:33:37Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:35Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during export state revocation
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during export state revocation

nfsd4_revoke_export_states() has the same use-after-free as nfsd4_revoke_states(): it drops nn->client_lock across revoke_one_stid() and the following read of clp->cl_minorversion, but the stateid reference it holds does not pin the client. A teardown racing the dropped lock can free the client while revoke_one_stid() still dereferences it.

exportfs -u drives this path through NFSD_CMD_UNLOCK_EXPORT, so an administrator removing an export can race a client expiry.

Skip a client that is already expiring and otherwise pin it with cl_rpc_users under client_lock before dropping the lock, matching nfsd4_revoke_states().

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90038.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
2eac189bb059d31a29937b29ee0f477394198610
Fixed
c05ae58fe06ce2ac34312f649e71c3596bdde358
Fixed
2108de53568a64936a0da3e04d85c35df98d3fb6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90038.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.2.0
Fixed
7.2.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90038.json"