lockd: pin next file across nlm_inspect_file lock-drop
nlm_traverse_files() pins the current file with f_count++ across
a mutex_unlock for nlm_inspect_file(), but nothing pins the saved
next pointer. A concurrent nlm_release_file() can kfree the next
file during the unlock window, and the iterator dereferences freed
memory on the next loop step.
Pin both current and next before the lock-drop. Advance by
swapping the pinned cursors at the end of each iteration so next
is always held alive across the unlock.
Always call nlm_file_release() after dropping the iteration pin,
regardless of whether the file matched the predicate. Use
nlm_file_inuse(), which does a live walk of the inode lock list,
rather than the cached f_locks field, so skipped files that never
ran nlm_inspect_file() are evaluated correctly.
Because every file in a hash bucket is now pinned and released,
files skipped by the is_failover_file predicate that have no
locks, blocks, shares, or external references are deleted during
traversal. The old code never evaluated skipped files for
cleanup. The new behavior is intentional: such files are stale
and should not persist in the table.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lockd: pin next file across nlm_inspect_file lock-drop nlm_traverse_files() pins the current file with f_count++ across a mutex_unlock for nlm_inspect_file(), but nothing pins the saved next pointer. A concurrent nlm_release_file() can kfree the next file during the unlock window, and the iterator dereferences freed memory on the next loop step. Pin both current and next before the lock-drop. Advance by swapping the pinned cursors at the end of each iteration so next is always held alive across the unlock. Always call nlm_file_release() after dropping the iteration pin, regardless of whether the file matched the predicate. Use nlm_file_inuse(), which does a live walk of the inode lock list, rather than the cached f_locks field, so skipped files that never ran nlm_inspect_file() are evaluated correctly. Because every file in a hash bucket is now pinned and released, files skipped by the is_failover_file predicate that have no locks, blocks, shares, or external references are deleted during traversal. The old code never evaluated skipped files for cleanup. The new behavior is intentional: such files are stale and should not persist in the table. | |
| Title | lockd: pin next file across nlm_inspect_file lock-drop | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:43:39.403Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.712Z
Link: CVE-2026-89485
No data.
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:30.173
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:30.173
Link: CVE-2026-89485
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Updated: 2026-09-12T10:15:12Z