In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSv4.1: fix layout segment leak on the pnfs_layout_process() forget path
When the server returns a new layout stateid while a valid one is still
held, pnfs_layout_process() calls pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() on
the on-stack free_me list and jumps to out_forget. Segments whose
reference count drops to zero are unlinked from lo->plh_segs and moved
to free_me by mark_lseg_invalid(); for an idle cached segment the layout
header holds the only reference, so this happens on the first decrement.
out_forget never drains free_me -- only the success path calls
pnfs_free_lseg_list().
Commit 814b84971388 ("pNFS/NFSv4: Fix a layout segment leak in
pnfs_layout_process()") added the drain; commit 08bd8dbe8882
("pNFS/NFSv4: Try to return invalid layout in pnfs_layout_process()")
removed it while switching the destination to lo->plh_return_segs, which
is drained elsewhere. Commit fb700ef02676 ("NFSv4.1: Simplify layout
return in pnfs_layout_process()") switched the destination back to
free_me without restoring the drain.
Restore the pnfs_free_lseg_list() call.
NFSv4.1: fix layout segment leak on the pnfs_layout_process() forget path
When the server returns a new layout stateid while a valid one is still
held, pnfs_layout_process() calls pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() on
the on-stack free_me list and jumps to out_forget. Segments whose
reference count drops to zero are unlinked from lo->plh_segs and moved
to free_me by mark_lseg_invalid(); for an idle cached segment the layout
header holds the only reference, so this happens on the first decrement.
out_forget never drains free_me -- only the success path calls
pnfs_free_lseg_list().
Commit 814b84971388 ("pNFS/NFSv4: Fix a layout segment leak in
pnfs_layout_process()") added the drain; commit 08bd8dbe8882
("pNFS/NFSv4: Try to return invalid layout in pnfs_layout_process()")
removed it while switching the destination to lo->plh_return_segs, which
is drained elsewhere. Commit fb700ef02676 ("NFSv4.1: Simplify layout
return in pnfs_layout_process()") switched the destination back to
free_me without restoring the drain.
Restore the pnfs_free_lseg_list() call.
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-772 | |
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4.1: fix layout segment leak on the pnfs_layout_process() forget path When the server returns a new layout stateid while a valid one is still held, pnfs_layout_process() calls pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return() on the on-stack free_me list and jumps to out_forget. Segments whose reference count drops to zero are unlinked from lo->plh_segs and moved to free_me by mark_lseg_invalid(); for an idle cached segment the layout header holds the only reference, so this happens on the first decrement. out_forget never drains free_me -- only the success path calls pnfs_free_lseg_list(). Commit 814b84971388 ("pNFS/NFSv4: Fix a layout segment leak in pnfs_layout_process()") added the drain; commit 08bd8dbe8882 ("pNFS/NFSv4: Try to return invalid layout in pnfs_layout_process()") removed it while switching the destination to lo->plh_return_segs, which is drained elsewhere. Commit fb700ef02676 ("NFSv4.1: Simplify layout return in pnfs_layout_process()") switched the destination back to free_me without restoring the drain. Restore the pnfs_free_lseg_list() call. | |
| Title | NFSv4.1: fix layout segment leak on the pnfs_layout_process() forget path | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:46:25.534Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.751Z
Link: CVE-2026-89710
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:58.380
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:58.380
Link: CVE-2026-89710
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-12T16:45:07Z
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