CVE-2026-90151
Critical · CVSS 9.8- CVSS
- 9.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4: remove callback IDR entry on client allocation failure nfs4_alloc_client() allocates an NFSv4.0 callback identifier before it finishes setting up the client. If any later initialization step fails, the error path frees the nfs_client directly with nfs_free_client(). That bypasses nfs_put_client(), which is where the callback IDR entry is removed during normal teardown. A failed allocation can therefore leave cb_ident_idr pointing at a freed nfs_client. A later NFSv4.0 callback lookup by cb_ident would find the stale pointer and take a reference to it. Make the callback IDR removal helper callable by the allocation failure path, and remove the callback identifier before freeing the client. This was found by a local static-analysis checker for publish-before-free lifetime bugs and confirmed by manual inspection.
Affected packages
| Linux | Kernel | 2.6.38 → 5.10.270 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.11.0 → 5.15.221 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.16.0 → 6.1.188 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.13.0 → 6.18.52 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.19.0 → 7.2.6 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.2.0 → 6.6.157 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.7.0 → 6.12.110 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f2387e8bfbc4efda5d77c3a11a028d0a119c48f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5891c03e150920618db0e9c4ea2d772abacdcfd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c721391b761dbe38d5b0094d2bb6e8489ad92b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4812eb96bdcafb31a65b12f2aa96659429d1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80b1c3d5a881f7d9081aa9f46da9742878a0f893
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bfdd0f591307b5198826a0e7a5b2f35f87acd2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05c2007b3d84ccba11dc6e9cb3202768cc72f14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc95ca82d5ae598c428ab5a00ae69f8526d59371
Status: profiled · ingested 2026-09-19T00:00:27.000Z