CVE-2026-90236

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90236
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90236.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90236
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:07:41Z
Modified
2026-09-19T03:47:25Z
Summary
NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids
Details

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

NFSD: Release the export reference when reaping open stateids

nfs4_put_stid() releases the svc_export tracked in nfs4_stid.sc_export, but free_ol_stateid_reaplist() frees open and lock stateids by calling ->sc_free() directly, bypassing that path. An open stateid takes an sc_export reference in nfs4_open() and a lock stateid takes its own in init_lock_stateid(); both reach free_ol_stateid_reaplist() through their normal teardown, the open stateid via release_open_stateid() and the lock stateid via nfsd4_release_lockowner(), each through put_ol_stateid_locked(). The reference is therefore never dropped, pinning the export and blocking unmount for the lifetime of the stateid.

Release sc_export in free_ol_stateid_reaplist() the way nfs4_put_stid() does. ->sc_free() runs once per stateid, and a stateid reaches free_ol_stateid_reaplist() or nfs4_put_stid() but never both, so the reference is dropped exactly once. Revoked stateids reach this path with sc_export already cleared by drop_stid_export(), so they are skipped rather than double-freed.

nfs4_put_stid() itself read sc_export before acquiring cl_lock. drop_stid_export() clears that field and releases the reference under cl_lock, so a concurrent revocation could drop the export in the window between the read and the final put, releasing the same reference twice. Read sc_export while cl_lock is held so the two paths serialize and the reference is released exactly once.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90236.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
ba0cde5dc81d214684b8ea0bd87414ba2f48fe02
Fixed
7458727fd7cb79d09e5120b6fecc1ad11cdb0946
Fixed
6480bd703684ed3f760e9e36c4a699033c0806ae

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90236.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.2.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90236.json"