Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026· Updated Oct 30, 2026
CVE-2026-90104
CVE-2026-90104
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSv4.1: zero referring call lists before decoding
decode_cb_sequence_args() allocates csa_rclists with kmalloc_objs(), so each referring_call_list starts uninitialized. decode_rc_list() assigns rcl_refcalls only when rcl_nrefcalls is nonzero. A valid list with zero referring calls therefore leaves the pointer uninitialized, and nfs4_callback_sequence() later passes stale slab contents to kfree().
Allocate csa_rclists with kzalloc_objs() so every rcl_refcalls member is NULL from the beginning, including valid empty referring call lists.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 2.6.31, < 6.1.191+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 2.6.31, < 6.1.191
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.7-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7510a5b9edec9d9536a4e69f10edfb2592e6cf7fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/810f6b3a29ac96fdc16909132b31627dae6824c2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa4804fe62ca4155a2d8fc2789d630376cbf2fcnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed54460caf5b5aa65ec03c9a6032d831f39f19f5nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31f3c042e024aef437cda42f0424ae8d4594b6cnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d23937e1c41995c2f54af26c89b5e48a41c299nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.