CVE-2026-89707
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: release path refs on follow_down() error
nfsd_cross_mnt() initializes a local struct path with mntget() and dget() before calling follow_down(). On a negative return the error arm jumps to out without releasing those references:
follow_down() never drops the caller's entry-time refs on any error sub-case; for example a pre-cross d_manage() failure leaves path untouched, so the mntget()/dget() taken on entry survive the call.
Every other early-exit arm in nfsd_cross_mnt() (other-namespace return, IS_ERR(exp2), and the success tail after the swap) already calls path_put(&path); the err < 0 arm is the lone omission.
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The leak inflates mnt_count and d_count on each failed cross-mount, blocking umount and pinning dentries against the shrinker, and is reachable by any authenticated NFS client through nfsd_lookup_dentry or the NFSv4 READDIR encode path.
Fix by calling path_put(&path) before the goto out in the err < 0 arm so the entry-time refs are released on all follow_down() error returns.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
err = follow_down(&path, follow_flags);
if (err < 0)
goto out;CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.61%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 48
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact80 %
AV:N/PR:N/UI:N permite explotación remota por cliente NFS autenticado (T1190). La fuga de referencias causa agotamiento de recursos del kernel bloqueando umount y saturando shrinker (T1499.004 - resource exhaustion).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/085cfde7c2186acaad103f02d2c25435ad5224e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/194316df81263519156ebe714c4a286bee00e5be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc4343308d85ee4e0dd3877b384306c96f114c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467d56fd3ff57447a790c6dc3ede2d02a947d224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cba08dc1922140d260cfeb30bbda4ee1bf869d8
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: release path refs on follow_down() error\n\nnfsd_cross_mnt() initializes a local struct path with mntget() and\ndget() before calling follow_down(). On a negative return the error\narm jumps to out without releasing those references:\n\n err = follow_down(&path, follow_flags);\n if (err < 0)\n goto out;\n\nfollow_down() never drops the caller's entry-time refs on any error\nsub-case; for example a pre-cross d_manage() failure leaves path\nuntouched, so the mntget()/dget() taken on entry survive the call.\n\nEvery other early-exit arm in nfsd_cross_mnt() (other-namespace\nreturn, IS_ERR(exp2), and the success tail after the swap) already\ncalls path_put(&path); the err < 0 arm is the lone omission. The\nleak inflates mnt_count and d_count on each failed cross-mount,\nblocking umount and pinning dentries against the shrinker, and is\nreachable by any authenticated NFS client through nfsd_lookup_dentry\nor the NFSv4 READDIR encode path.\n\nFix by calling path_put(&path) before the goto out in the err < 0\narm so the entry-time refs are released on all follow_down() error\nreturns."
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