CVE-2026-89545

sunrpc: defer rq_argp and rq_resp free until after RCU grace period

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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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: sunrpc: defer rq_argp and rq_resp free until after RCU grace period svc_rqst_free() frees rqstp->rq_argp and rqstp->rq_resp synchronously via kfree(), but defers the rqstp struct free via kfree_rcu(). After svc_exit_thread() calls list_del_rcu() and svc_rqst_free(), there is a window where RCU readers that started before list_del_rcu() can still traverse the thread list and find the rqstp. These readers (e.g. nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit()) dereference rqstp->rq_argp, which has already been freed — a use-after-free. Fix this by moving the kfree of rq_argp and rq_resp into an explicit call_rcu() callback alongside the struct free. Resources not accessed by RCU readers (bvec, buffer pages, scratch folio, auth_data) remain synchronously freed.

Affected

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

3.19812443865c5fc255363d4a684a62c086af1addca
Vendor states this is fixed in 08bc49e0541260bf294962cf889a32a2d2713ad6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ea49d69aa806008b2424c8cf21cf746b9963967 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c479bde671cbe2f9e152834a8b0eb7c3c295bbaf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e0c5693d3f9a5d4911735ab0e0eba4eecb1f1090 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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