CVE-2026-22989

CVSS 5.5 — Medium
nfsd: check that server is running in unlock_filesystem

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: check that server is running in unlock_filesystem

If we are trying to unlock the filesystem via an administrative
interface and nfsd isn't running, it crashes the server. This
happens currently because nfsd4_revoke_states() access state
structures (eg., conf_id_hashtbl) that has been freed as a part
of the server shutdown.

[ 59.465072] Call trace:
[ 59.465308] nfsd4_revoke_states+0x1b4/0x898 [nfsd] (P)
[ 59.465830] write_unlock_fs+0x258/0x440 [nfsd]
[ 59.466278] nfsctl_transaction_write+0xb0/0x120 [nfsd]
[ 59.466780] vfs_write+0x1f0/0x938
[ 59.467088] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1f8
[ 59.467395] __arm64_sys_write+0x74/0xb8
[ 59.467746] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xdc/0x1e8
[ 59.468177] do_el0_svc+0x154/0x1d8
[ 59.468489] el0_svc+0x40/0xe0
[ 59.468767] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8
[ 59.469138] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0

Ensure this can't happen by taking the nfsd_mutex and checking that
the server is still up, and then holding the mutex across the call to
nfsd4_revoke_states().
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: NVD
Published: 2026-01-23
Modified: 2026-07-15

Affected packages (2)

  • kernel — fixed in 6.18.6
  • linux-kernel