In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/flexfiles: fix NULL dereference for NFSv4.0 data servers flexfiles accepts NFSv4.0 data servers, but two NFSv4 code paths assume the data server client has a session. Unlike NFSv4.1+, an NFSv4.0 client has no session (clp->cl_session is NULL; it uses clp->cl_slot_tbl), so I/O to a v4.0 flexfiles DS oopses: - nfs4_init_ds_session() dereferences clp->cl_session->session_state while seeding the DS lease. It also only seeds cl_lease_time when NFS4_SESSION_INITING is set; without a session that never happens, so cl_lease_time stays 0 and nfs4_renew_state() busy-loops, requeuing every 5 seconds. Seed the lease whenever there is no session and return before touching session state. - ff_layout_async_handle_error_v4() dereferences clp->cl_session->fc_slot_table on every DS I/O error. Fall back to the v4.0 transport slot table (clp->cl_slot_tbl) when there is no session.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 5
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:50
- References+2 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:20
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:20
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 08:58
- First seenCVSS 7.5NVD modified 2026-10-19 09:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/163c16e01f53fc8eb8d0f3484ae6c382265ecbbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b03ebbf8d5e8f6af4ecd6c65375232dd1ec32cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336b6da10021c69a8f273bbacdf7432fdc89a06f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/436a214514e24103159aea455147d58b44a8a585
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5527af72b0100c94287bfec901b6313eeac567ca