CVE-2026-89714
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFS: fix delegation_hash_table leak when nfs4_server_common_setup() fails
nfs4_server_common_setup() allocates server->delegation_hash_table first, but server->destroy - the only path that frees the table via nfs4_destroy_server() - is not assigned until the very end of the function. If any intermediate step fails (the is_ds_only_client() check, nfs4_init_session(), nfs4_get_rootfh(), or nfs_probe_server()), the function returns with server->destroy still NULL, so the caller's nfs_free_server() skips the destroy callback and the hash table is leaked (4 KiB per attempt with the default delegation watermark).
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This is trivially reachable from userspace: every failed NFSv4 mount leaks one allocation. A client that persistently retries a mount that cannot succeed leaks kernel memory without bound. Observed in production where a Longhorn backup poller retried mount.nfs4 against an NFSv3-only server roughly 10 times per second, leaking ~3.4 GiB of unreclaimable slab (kmalloc-rnd-13-4k) per day; the node accumulated 12 GiB of leaked slab before the source was identified via the kmem:kmalloc tracepoint (call_site=nfs4_delegation_hash_alloc).
Reproducer:
Free the table on the error paths between the allocation and the assignment of server->destroy.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
# server exports NFSv3 only (or export path absent for v4) while :; do mount -t nfs4 <server>:/missing /mnt; done # watch SUnreclaim in /proc/meminfo grow 4 KiB per iteration
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 10
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
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).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nNFS: fix delegation_hash_table leak when nfs4_server_common_setup() fails\n\nnfs4_server_common_setup() allocates server->delegation_hash_table\nfirst, but server->destroy - the only path that frees the table via\nnfs4_destroy_server() - is not assigned until the very end of the\nfunction. If any intermediate step fails (the is_ds_only_client()\ncheck, nfs4_init_session(), nfs4_get_rootfh(), or nfs_probe_server()),\nthe function returns with server->destroy still NULL, so the caller's\nnfs_free_server() skips the destroy callback and the hash table is\nleaked (4 KiB per attempt with the default delegation watermark).\n\nThis is trivially reachable from userspace: every failed NFSv4 mount\nleaks one allocation. A client that persistently retries a mount that\ncannot succeed leaks kernel memory without bound. Observed in\nproduction where a Longhorn backup poller retried mount.nfs4 against\nan NFSv3-only server roughly 10 times per second, leaking ~3.4 GiB of\nunreclaimable slab (kmalloc-rnd-13-4k) per day; the node accumulated\n12 GiB of leaked slab before the source was identified via the\nkmem:kmalloc tracepoint (call_site=nfs4_delegation_hash_alloc).\n\nReproducer:\n\n # server exports NFSv3 only (or export path absent for v4)\n while :; do mount -t nfs4 <server>:/missing /mnt; done\n # watch SUnreclaim in /proc/meminfo grow 4 KiB per iteration\n\nFree the table on the error paths between the allocation and the\nassignment of server->destroy."
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