CVE-2026-89543
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sunrpc: fix use-after-free in __rpc_clnt_handle_event and __rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir
Normal client creation goes through rpc_setup_pipedir(), which records clnt->pipefs_sb, but the mount-event path in __rpc_clnt_handle_event() calls rpc_setup_pipedir_sb() directly and never refreshes that field. The umount path also removes the directory without clearing clnt->pipefs_sb.
After a late pipefs mount or any remount, rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir() compares the current superblock against a stale pipefs_sb pointer and skips cleanup, leaving pipefs dentries whose inode private data still points at a freed rpc_clnt, leading to a potential use-after-free during subsequent rpc_info_open() or rpc_show_info() calls.
Fix this by properly updating clnt->pipefs_sb upon mount events and clearing it during unmount or failure paths.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 6.6.160+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.6.160
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.7-1.1
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/59527bbfb1eabdb28e95e7c725886cc2c2899cb3nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/932a8cf6abb2b2f8677b79153a823108d8861fe2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf7a233cb94774b0e7df42d9157077983f5022cnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e769fcde3cc73e847b1eb3acd40c04a291cb0c0cnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99fedfd1dbffe8d20b421c9a7d4655a135d4fcdnvd
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