Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Linux kernel versions from 5.17 until their fixes have a use-after-free in the nfsd NFS server's file cache teardown, where a freed structure can still be used by background callbacks. The source gives few details on what an attacker needs to trigger it or what they can do. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, or 6.18.51 in the matching series, or to a later kernel that includes the fix.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CNA (Linux) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0053, the 45th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41fe0e804bbf1110c0aba2ebdfc729efb240d8a6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c3a43d0a41f03abae3764fc82a59369360c7e0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8ac7c2b9b150e13b7ad0d0fae54f17747dce67
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba0ee9e04b7a0356c28d5a2fe445db675d24e572
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cadc9036d5a8209f89e7026ddba7cfb1c716b03c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbf13732f74351d21c5e0e8dd9bd8e1c48dc35d4