CVE-2026-89708

nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on session teardown

CVE-2026-89708 is fixed in 74 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89708, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0044
38th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on session teardown After a DESTROY_SESSION the per-session teardown path can free a session while rpciod still holds an inflight callback rpc_task that dereferences clp->cl_cb_session. nfsd4_probe_callback_sync() flushes cl_callback_wq, but once nfsd4_run_cb_work() has called rpc_call_async() the rpc_task lives on rpciod; flushing the workqueue does not wait for it. rpc_shutdown_client() does drain rpciod tasks, but uses a 1-second wait_event_timeout — tasks stuck in rpc_delay() (e.g. 2-second NFS4ERR_DELAY retries) can outlive the drain. destroy path rpciod ------------ ------ unhash_session(ses) nfsd4_probe_callback_sync(clp) flush_workqueue(cl_callback_wq) /* returns; rpc_task still live */ nfsd4_put_session_locked(ses) free_session(ses) -> kfree(ses) nfsd4_cb_sequence_done() reads cb_clp->cl_cb_session /* freed slab */ A second window exists in nfsd4_process_cb_update(). When __nfsd4_find_backchannel() returns NULL because unhash_session() has already removed the destroyed session from cl_sessions, setup_callback_client() takes the v4.1 early return so clp->cl_cb_session = ses never fires and the field retains a pointer to the about-to-be-freed session. Fix both by converting cl_cb_session to an RCU-protected pointer: - Move the cl_cb_session = ses assignment in setup_callback_client() to after rpc_create() succeeds, so it is only published when a working backchannel exists. Clear cl_cb_session on the error return in nfsd4_process_cb_update(). Both stores use rcu_assign_pointer(). - Annotate cl_cb_session with __rcu. All rpciod-side readers use rcu_read_lock()/rcu_dereference() and check for NULL, bailing to the appropriate error or requeue path: encode_cb_sequence4args(), decode_cb_sequence4resok(), nfsd41_cb_get_slot(), nfsd41_cb_release_slot(), nfsd4_cb_prepare(), and nfsd4_cb_sequence_done(). - Switch __free_session() from kfree() to kfree_rcu() so the session slab is not reclaimed until after an RCU grace period, guaranteeing that rpciod readers inside rcu_read_lock() never dereference freed memory. - Pass the session pointer to the nfsd_cb_seq_status and nfsd_cb_free_slot tracepoints instead of having them re-read cl_cb_session. - nfsd4_cb_prepare() calls rpc_exit() when the session is NULL, routing through the done/release path to requeue the callback.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.111-136.204 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.18.51-120.162 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89708 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89708 Sep 23, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89708 Sep 23, 2026
microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.111-136.204.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3193 Nov 7, 2026
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python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026

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