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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-37871" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-05-09T06:43:59.720Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:57:57.052Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-37871" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-37871.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37871" title: "nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall\n\nA deadlock warning occurred when invoking nfs4_put_stid following a failed\ndl_recall queue operation:\n T1 T2\n nfs4_laundromat\n nfs4_get_client_reaplist\n nfs4_anylock_blockers\n__break_lease\n spin_lock // ctx-\u003eflc_lock\n spin_lock // clp-\u003ecl_lock\n nfs4_lockowner_has_blockers\n locks_owner_has_blockers\n spin_lock // flctx-\u003eflc_lock\n nfsd_break_deleg_cb\n nfsd_break_one_deleg\n nfs4_put_stid\n refcount_dec_and_lock\n spin_lock // clp-\u003ecl_lock\n\nWhen a file is opened, an nfs4_delegation is allocated with sc_count\ninitialized to 1, and the file_lease holds a reference to the delegation.\nThe file_lease is then associated with the file through kernel_setlease.\n\nThe disassociation is performed in nfsd4_delegreturn via the following\ncall chain:\nnfsd4_delegreturn --\u003e destroy_delegation --\u003e destroy_unhashed_deleg --\u003e\nnfs4_unlock_deleg_lease --\u003e kernel_setlease --\u003e generic_delete_lease\nThe corresponding sc_count reference will be released after this\ndisassociation.\n\nSince nfsd_break_one_deleg executes while holding the flc_lock, the\ndisassociation process becomes blocked when attempting to acquire flc_lock\nin generic_delete_lease. This means:\n1) sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg will not be decremented to 0;\n2) The nfs4_put_stid called by nfsd_break_one_deleg will not attempt to\nacquire cl_lock;\n3) Consequently, no deadlock condition is created.\n\nGiven that sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg remains non-zero, we can\nsafely perform refcount_dec on sc_count directly. This approach\neffectively avoids triggering deadlock warnings." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"b874cdef4e67e5150e07eff0eae1cbb21fb92da1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b9bbe8f9d5663311d06667ce36d6ed255ead1a26"},{"version":"cdb796137c57e68ca34518d53be53b679351eb86","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a70832d3555987035fc430ccd703acd89393eadb"},{"version":"d96587cc93ec369031bcd7658c6adc719873c9fd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ba903539fff745d592d893c71b30e5e268a95413"},{"version":"9a81cde8c7ce65dd90fb47ceea93a45fc1a2fbd1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7d192e27a431026c58d60edf66dc6cd98d0c01fc"},{"version":"cad3479b63661a399c9df1d0b759e1806e2df3c8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a7fce086f6ca84db409b9d58493ea77c1978897c"},{"version":"133f5e2a37ce08c82d24e8fba65e0a81deae4609","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"14985d66b9b99c12995dd99d1c6c8dec4114c2a5"},{"version":"230ca758453c63bd38e4d9f4a21db698f7abada8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a1d14d931bf700c1025db8c46d6731aa5cf440f9"},{"version":"63b91c8ff4589f5263873b24c052447a28e10ef7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.13.11","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.14"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.10.236","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.237"},{"version":"5.15.180","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.181"},{"version":"6.1.134","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.135"},{"version":"6.6.87","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.88"},{"version":"6.12.23","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.25"},{"version":"6.14.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.14.4"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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