In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: add missing read barrier to rpc_status_get dumpit seqcount retry
The hand-rolled seqcount-like protocol in nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit()
is missing a read memory barrier (smp_rmb) before its second counter
check. The standard kernel read_seqcount_retry() includes smp_rmb()
to ensure that all data reads complete before the counter is re-checked.
Without this barrier, on weakly-ordered architectures (ARM, POWER),
the CPU may reorder field reads past the second counter check, making
the retry logic ineffective: it could observe a consistent counter pair
while reading fields that have been concurrently modified by the writer.
Add smp_rmb() before the second counter check to order the field reads
ahead of it, matching the barrier semantics of the standard seqcount
read-side. The begin-side smp_load_acquire() already pairs with the
smp_store_release() in nfsd_dispatch(); with the smp_rmb() now ordering
the field reads, the retry check no longer needs acquire semantics and
reads the counter with a plain READ_ONCE(), as read_seqcount_retry()
does.
[ cel: Use READ_ONCE instead of smp_load_acquire() ]
nfsd: add missing read barrier to rpc_status_get dumpit seqcount retry
The hand-rolled seqcount-like protocol in nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit()
is missing a read memory barrier (smp_rmb) before its second counter
check. The standard kernel read_seqcount_retry() includes smp_rmb()
to ensure that all data reads complete before the counter is re-checked.
Without this barrier, on weakly-ordered architectures (ARM, POWER),
the CPU may reorder field reads past the second counter check, making
the retry logic ineffective: it could observe a consistent counter pair
while reading fields that have been concurrently modified by the writer.
Add smp_rmb() before the second counter check to order the field reads
ahead of it, matching the barrier semantics of the standard seqcount
read-side. The begin-side smp_load_acquire() already pairs with the
smp_store_release() in nfsd_dispatch(); with the smp_rmb() now ordering
the field reads, the retry check no longer needs acquire semantics and
reads the counter with a plain READ_ONCE(), as read_seqcount_retry()
does.
[ cel: Use READ_ONCE instead of smp_load_acquire() ]
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: add missing read barrier to rpc_status_get dumpit seqcount retry The hand-rolled seqcount-like protocol in nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit() is missing a read memory barrier (smp_rmb) before its second counter check. The standard kernel read_seqcount_retry() includes smp_rmb() to ensure that all data reads complete before the counter is re-checked. Without this barrier, on weakly-ordered architectures (ARM, POWER), the CPU may reorder field reads past the second counter check, making the retry logic ineffective: it could observe a consistent counter pair while reading fields that have been concurrently modified by the writer. Add smp_rmb() before the second counter check to order the field reads ahead of it, matching the barrier semantics of the standard seqcount read-side. The begin-side smp_load_acquire() already pairs with the smp_store_release() in nfsd_dispatch(); with the smp_rmb() now ordering the field reads, the retry check no longer needs acquire semantics and reads the counter with a plain READ_ONCE(), as read_seqcount_retry() does. [ cel: Use READ_ONCE instead of smp_load_acquire() ] | |
| Title | nfsd: add missing read barrier to rpc_status_get dumpit seqcount retry | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-24T15:29:14.322Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.094Z
Link: CVE-2026-93229
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