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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53399" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T12:02:00.055Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:07:46.712Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" 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-2026-53399" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53399.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53399" title: "nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure\n\nnfs4_alloc_stid() publishes the new stid into cl-\u003ecl_stateids via\nidr_alloc_cyclic() under cl_lock before returning to\nnfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid(). When nfsd4_layout_setlease() then\nfails, the error path frees the layout stateid directly with\nkmem_cache_free() without ever calling idr_remove(), leaving the\nIDR slot pointing at freed slab memory. Any subsequent IDR walker\n(states_show, client teardown) dereferences the dangling pointer.\n\nThe correct teardown for an IDR-published stid is nfs4_put_stid(),\nwhich removes the IDR slot under cl_lock, dispatches sc_free\n(nfsd4_free_layout_stateid) to release ls-\u003els_file via\nnfsd4_close_layout(), and drops the nfs4_file reference in its\ntail.\n\nA second issue blocks that switch: nfsd4_free_layout_stateid()\nunconditionally inspects ls-\u003els_fence_work via\ndelayed_work_pending() under ls_lock, but\nINIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ls-\u003els_fence_work, ...) currently runs only\nafter the setlease call. On the setlease-failure path the\ndestructor would touch an uninitialized delayed_work.\n\n nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid()\n nfs4_alloc_stid() /* idr_alloc_cyclic under cl_lock */\n nfsd4_layout_setlease() /* fails */\n nfs4_put_stid()\n nfsd4_free_layout_stateid()\n delayed_work_pending(&ls-\u003els_fence_work) /* needs INIT */\n nfsd4_close_layout() /* nfsd_file_put(ls-\u003els_file) */\n put_nfs4_file()\n\nFix by hoisting the ls_fenced / ls_fence_delay / INIT_DELAYED_WORK\ninitialization above the nfsd4_layout_setlease() call, and replace\nthe manual nfsd_file_put + put_nfs4_file + kmem_cache_free cleanup\nwith a single nfs4_put_stid(stp)." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d788ef40a7517d22c97ab01700e4ae4c611b6f2f"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2e0a5d6d62600b8c614d1b55e50ef94035d6adf9"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7bbb7ce74051c8be4b69ff44ce3db370600dae61"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"48a586e382e4db1dbf958d44b63e081df5f8ed04"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d369e5edfaaf83a448016e2f1da392b2174be801"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8dee7c278f1c2b5bb80e17a6281c3812fc8b0cdd"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"83c2b7797742339bb768f83935f7ca33950db138"},{"version":"c5c707f96fc9a6e5a57ca5baac892673270abe3d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"30d55c8aabb261bc3f427d6b9aae7ef6206063f9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.0"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.212","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.96","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.39","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## 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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