CVE-2024-26958

nfs: fix UAF in direct writes

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2024 at 05:19 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs: fix UAF in direct writes In production we have been hitting the following warning consistently ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 17 PID: 1800359 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0xe0 Workqueue: nfsiod nfs_direct_write_schedule_work [nfs] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0xe0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x9f/0x130 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0xe0 ? report_bug+0xcc/0x150 ? handle_bug+0x3d/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x40 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0xe0 nfs_direct_write_schedule_work+0x237/0x250 [nfs] process_one_work+0x12f/0x4a0 worker_thread+0x14e/0x3b0 ? ZSTD_getCParams_internal+0x220/0x220 kthread+0xdc/0x120 ? __btf_name_valid+0xa0/0xa0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 This is because we're completing the nfs_direct_request twice in a row. The source of this is when we have our commit requests to submit, we process them and send them off, and then in the completion path for the commit requests we have if (nfs_commit_end(cinfo.mds)) nfs_direct_write_complete(dreq); However since we're submitting asynchronous requests we sometimes have one that completes before we submit the next one, so we end up calling complete on the nfs_direct_request twice. The only other place we use nfs_generic_commit_list() is in __nfs_commit_inode, which wraps this call in a nfs_commit_begin(); nfs_commit_end(); Which is a common pattern for this style of completion handling, one that is also repeated in the direct code with get_dreq()/put_dreq() calls around where we process events as well as in the completion paths. Fix this by using the same pattern for the commit requests. Before with my 200 node rocksdb stress running this warning would pop every 10ish minutes. With my patch the stress test has been running for several hours without popping.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.10.2155.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1545.16 ≤ v < 6.1.846.2 ≤ v < 6.6.246.7 ≤ v < 6.7.126.8 ≤ v < 6.8.34.5af7cf057933f01dc7f33ddfb5e436ad598ed17ad
Vendor states this is fixed in 17f46b803d4f23c66cacce81db35fef3adb8f2af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1daf52b5ffb24870fbeda20b4967526d8f9e12ab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3abc2d160ed8213948b147295d77d44a22c88fa3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4595d90b5d2ea5fa4d318d13f59055aa4bf3e7f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6cd3f13aaa62970b5169d990e936b2e96943bc6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 80d24b308b7ee7037fc90d8ac99f6f78df0a256f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf54f66e1dd78990ec6b32177bca7e6ea2144a95 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e25447c35f8745337ea8bc0c9697fcac14df8605 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.215 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.154 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.297 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.84 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.24 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f46b803d4f23c66cacce81db35fef3adb8f2af
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1daf52b5ffb24870fbeda20b4967526d8f9e12ab
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3abc2d160ed8213948b147295d77d44a22c88fa3
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4595d90b5d2ea5fa4d318d13f59055aa4bf3e7f5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d24b308b7ee7037fc90d8ac99f6f78df0a256f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf54f66e1dd78990ec6b32177bca7e6ea2144a95
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25447c35f8745337ea8bc0c9697fcac14df8605

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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