CVE-2026-89548

SUNRPC: always drain cache_cleaner before destroying a cache_detail

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: always drain cache_cleaner before destroying a cache_detail sunrpc_destroy_cache_detail() only cancels the global cache_cleaner delayed_work when cache_list is empty. During per-netns teardown cache_list is never empty because init_net's caches remain registered, so the cancel never fires. After unlink, the caller proceeds to cache_destroy_net() which kfrees the cache_detail while cache_clean() may still hold a dangling pointer to it. The result is a use-after-free: cache_dequeue() takes cd->queue_lock on freed memory, and cache_put() dereferences cd->cache_put as a function pointer from freed slab. Drop the list_empty guard so that cancel_delayed_work_sync() always runs, ensuring any in-flight cache_clean() completes before the cache_detail is freed. Re-arm the cleaner afterwards if other caches are still registered.

Affected

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

3.4820f9442e711a81749e70c40f149fc54c4ce0ca8
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e861ce2aaa468351a6a47c4cbb4971ebb740c7b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3d60fdf951143d6ef4e352e2f8eb852286701726 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5eea874a696201c31e7c2d7badbfa0d90e9961b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d74ecc2be120a0c300b224b7649fe93c0453714 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d44836f60c8c29bcdb1471fd9202387c642a890 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf239de7fdcc8336259b01ea4bcf650dadad1040 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dec787a15c96a5665e9ffc61b429a6a4ab26e6b9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f42d0fda0c67695db6bc704b04b7c10240805377 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (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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