Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89667 records a High severity (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in nfsd: close shrinker/GC/fsnotify vs per-net shutdown race in filecache. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <6d6b9f6a75c3767250e9c23ace4e384ab8f7843e || >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <08af9593e2b472fd98c00faf1bf03bdbb7203477 || >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <40162cfea79b9510380decfdd1795b754dc9f972 | 6d6b9f6a75c3767250e9c23ace4e384ab8f7843e, 08af9593e2b472fd98c00faf1bf03bdbb7203477, 40162cfea79b9510380decfdd1795b754dc9f972 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.9 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <b15997b53b61c74fb4d083f7261d19f389ff854f || >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <6d6b9f6a75c3767250e9c23ace4e384ab8f7843e || >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <08af9593e2b472fd98c00faf1bf03bdbb7203477 || >=ffb402596147ac583f3464ff5c48feb9423e3838 <40162cfea79b9510380decfdd1795b754dc9f972 | b15997b53b61c74fb4d083f7261d19f389ff854f, 6d6b9f6a75c3767250e9c23ace4e384ab8f7843e, 08af9593e2b472fd98c00faf1bf03bdbb7203477, 40162cfea79b9510380decfdd1795b754dc9f972 |
Published upstream
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 11, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: close shrinker/GC/fsnotify vs per-net shutdown race in filecache The shrinker, GC worker, and fsnotify/lease callbacks can unhash an nfsd_file from the rhashtable and then call nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed() to move it to the per-net dispose list. If nfsd_file_cache_shutdown_net() runs concurrently, its rhashtable walk misses the already-unhashed file, and its drain of the per-net dispose list can run before the file has been queued. The file then sits on the per-net list with no thread to drain it, leaking both the file and its associated state. The GC worker and shrinker already hold nfsd_gc_lock while walking the LRU, but in the original code they release it before calling nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed(). The fsnotify/lease path (nfsd_file_close_inode) has no synchronization at all. Fix this by: 1. Widening nfsd_gc_lock in both nfsd_file_gc() and nfsd_file_lru_scan() to cover the nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed() call. 2. Wrapping nfsd_file_close_inode() in nfsd_gc_lock so that all three callers of nfsd_file_dispose_list_delayed() hold the lock. 3. Adding a spin_lock/unlock(nfsd_gc_lock) barrier in nfsd_file_cache_shutdown_net() after the purge, so that any in-progress disposal has fully completed before the per-net list is drained. All operations inside the lock are non-sleeping (rhashtable lookups, atomic bit/refcount ops, list moves, svc_wake_up), so the spinlock is appropriate.
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