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CVE-2026-22980· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

nfsd: provide locking for v4_end_grace

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 06600719d0f7a723811c45e4d51f5b742f345309, 2857bd59feb63fcf40fe4baf55401baea6b4feb4, 34eb22836e0cdba093baac66599d68c4cd245a9d; cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 5.15.200.1-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 06600719d0f7a723811c45e4d51f5b742f345309, 2857bd59feb63fcf40fe4baf55401baea6b4feb4, 34eb22836e0cdba093baac66599d68c4cd245a9d; cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 5.15.200.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: provide locking for v4_end_grace Writing to v4_end_grace can race with server shutdown and result in memory being accessed after it was freed - reclaim_str_hashtbl in particularly. We cannot hold nfsd_mutex across the nfsd4_end_grace() call as that is held while client_tracking_op->init() is called and that can wait for an upcall to nfsdcltrack which can write to v4_end_grace, resulting in a deadlock. nfsd4_end_grace() is also called by the landromat work queue and this doesn't require locking as server shutdown will stop the work and wait for it before freeing anything that nfsd4_end_grace() might access. However, we must be sure that writing to v4_end_grace doesn't restart the work item after shutdown has already waited for it. For this we add a new flag protected with nn->client_lock. It is set only while it is safe to make client tracking calls, and v4_end_grace only schedules work while the flag is set with the spinlock held. So this patch adds a nfsd_net field "client_tracking_active" which is set as described. Another field "grace_end_forced", is set when v4_end_grace is written. After this is set, and providing client_tracking_active is set, the laundromat is scheduled. This "grace_end_forced" field bypasses other checks for whether the grace period has finished. This resolves a race which can result in use-after-free.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.8
CNA · Linux
7.8
agree

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel3.18 and later · before 5.10.248
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.198
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.161
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.121
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.66
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.6
  • linux linux kernel6.19

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 3.18affected
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before ca97360860eb02e3ae4ba42c19b439a0fcecbf06affected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before e8bfa2401d4c51eca6e48e9b33c798828ca9df61affected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before 34eb22836e0cdba093baac66599d68c4cd245a9daffected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before 06600719d0f7a723811c45e4d51f5b742f345309affected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before ba4811c8b433bfa681729ca42cc62b6034f223b0affected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before 53f07d095e7e680c5e4569a55a019f2c0348cdc6affected · git
    • 7f5ef2e900d9462bf9cffaf6bb246ed87a20a6d6 and later · before 2857bd59feb63fcf40fe4baf55401baea6b4feb4affected · git
    • before 3.18not affected · semver
    • 5.10.248 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.18.8-16.18.8-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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    22Monitor
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    22Monitor

Remediation

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux06600719d0f7a723811c45e4d51f5b742f345309Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux2857bd59feb63fcf40fe4baf55401baea6b4feb4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux34eb22836e0cdba093baac66599d68c4cd245a9dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux53f07d095e7e680c5e4569a55a019f2c0348cdc6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxba4811c8b433bfa681729ca42cc62b6034f223b0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxca97360860eb02e3ae4ba42c19b439a0fcecbf06Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe8bfa2401d4c51eca6e48e9b33c798828ca9df61Vendor (CNA)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.186.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.05.15.200.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.162-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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