CVE-2026-89659: NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)
- 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: 0.47% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9, 2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56, 2f9a200c0ea5b214609b8cea2b6666458bcb54cd; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9, 2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56, 2f9a200c0ea5b214609b8cea2b6666458bcb54cd; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes 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: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke A delegation stateid holds only a bare pointer to its owning nfs4_client and does not keep it alive. The client survives its stateids only because __destroy_client() drains cl_delegations and cl_revoked before free_client() runs. nfs4_laundromat() breaks that invariant: it unhashes an expired delegation from cl_delegations, drops deleg_lock, then revoke_delegation() relinks it onto cl_revoked under cl_lock. In that window the delegation is on neither list, so client_has_state() can report no remaining state. Every teardown path first requires cl_rpc_users to be zero, but the laundromat holds no such reference. A client whose recalled delegation has just timed out can therefore reach free_client() while revoke_delegation() is still about to dereference cl_lock, a use-after-free. Pin the client with cl_rpc_users across the revoke so teardown blocks until it completes, then reap the delegation from cl_revoked. A client already expiring reaps its own, so skip it and leave the delegation on del_recall_lru.
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 41th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Linux
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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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
- 3.10affected
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 2f9a200c0ea5b214609b8cea2b6666458bcb54cdaffected · git
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 94f0c73797c30a35812ffb32d11b8737d245c405affected · git
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9affected · git
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 3c0a53ee0b442348d8d2286d6960d3f07bb3a3d3affected · git
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56affected · git
- 3bd64a5ba1719c2bb6cba4493dfd3e23a7653e54 and later · before 4683ca76b3b7e5808338491c6eb3c20e6b4894d5affected · git
- before 3.10not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:12 | linux-6.12 | before 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.111-1 | 6.12.111-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.6-1 | 7.2.6-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-89657Sep 11, 2026 · libceph: validate OSD extent maps before cursor advance30Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-89658Sep 11, 2026 · NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during NFSv4.0 revoked-state cleanup39Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-89660Sep 11, 2026 · NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 0dd276b1324a5e08e83c6f675919946c9f0d61c9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 2f9a200c0ea5b214609b8cea2b6666458bcb54cd | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3c0a53ee0b442348d8d2286d6960d3f07bb3a3d3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 4683ca76b3b7e5808338491c6eb3c20e6b4894d5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 94f0c73797c30a35812ffb32d11b8737d245c405 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.150.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | — | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | — | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.111-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux-6.12 | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package 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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
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).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1085 · Sep 14, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- 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
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a9d637c2a8fd8ac29ad9b29f28d122ef75c1a56
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f9a200c0ea5b214609b8cea2b6666458bcb54cd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0a53ee0b442348d8d2286d6960d3f07bb3a3d3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4683ca76b3b7e5808338491c6eb3c20e6b4894d5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f0c73797c30a35812ffb32d11b8737d245c405
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.