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CVE-2026-53394

HIGH
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: avoid leaking pre-allocated openowner on unconfirmed retry race When find_or_alloc_open_stateowner() encounters an unconfirmed owner, it calls release_openowner() and sets oo = NULL. Control then falls through past the `if (oo)` guard -- which would have freed any pre-allocated `new` -- and unconditionally executes `new = alloc_stateowner(...)`. If `new` was already allocated on a prior iteration, the pointer is silently overwritten and the previous allocation (slab object + owner name buffer) is leaked. This requires a race: two NFSv4.0 OPEN threads with the same owner string, where a concurrent thread inserts a new unconfirmed owner into the hash between retry iterations. The window is narrow but repeatable under adversarial conditions. Fix by adding `goto retry` after `oo = NULL` so the already-allocated `new` is reused on the next iteration rather than overwritten.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53394
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 12:01 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-20 13:39 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5 < c9aefb2b5f11337c9202c5bd0c45d71198449718, 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5 < 017a6150106b054cc84d1b0582d97bd3a74d4281, 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5 < a10bf67fe06469a71a401f72f328237345d553c0, 23df17788c6212809848f836b10c4f85b16843a5 < 57aee7a35bb12753057c5b65d72d1f46c0e95b07
Linux Linux 6.10, 0 < 6.10, 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.18.38 ≤ 6.18.* …
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.5 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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