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CVE-2026-31403

NFSD: Hold net reference for the lifetime of /proc/fs/nfs/exports fd

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Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Hold net reference for the lifetime of /proc/fs/nfs/exports fd The /proc/fs/nfs/exports proc entry is created at module init
and persists for the module's lifetime. exports_proc_open()
captures the caller's current network namespace and stores
its svc_export_cache in seq->private, but takes no reference
on the namespace. If the namespace is subsequently torn down
(e.g. container destruction after the opener does setns() to a
different namespace), nfsd_net_exit() calls nfsd_export_shutdown()
which frees the cache. Subsequent reads on the still-open fd
dereference the freed cache_detail, walking a freed hash table. Hold a reference on the struct net for the lifetime of the open
file descriptor. This prevents nfsd_net_exit() from running --
and thus prevents nfsd_export_shutdown() from freeing the cache
-- while any exports fd is open. cache_detail already stores
its net pointer (cd->net, set by cache_create_net()), so
exports_release() can retrieve it without additional per-file
storage.

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Timeline
  • 2026-03-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2026-04-03 CVE Published
  • 2026-04-09 EPSS Updated
  • 2026-04-13 CVE Updated
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Linux
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Linux
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>= 3.9 < 6.6.130
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Linux
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>= 3.9 < 6.12.78
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Linux
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>= 3.9 < 6.18.20
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Linux
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>= 3.9 < 6.19.10
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Linux
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>= 3.9 < 7.0
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