CVE-2026-53394

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: avoid leaking pre-allocated openowner on unconfirmed retry race When find_or_alloc_open_stateowner() encounters an unconfirmed owner, it calls release_openowner() and sets oo = NULL. Control then falls through past the `if (oo)` guard -- which would have freed any pre-allocated `new` -- and unconditionally executes `new = alloc_stateowner(...)`. If `new` was already allocated on a prior iteration, the pointer is silently overwritten and the previous allocation (slab object + owner name buffer) is leaked. This requires a race: two NFSv4.0 OPEN threads with the same owner string, where a concurrent thread inserts a new unconfirmed owner into the hash between retry iterations. The window is narrow but repeatable under adversarial conditions. Fix by adding `goto retry` after `oo = NULL` so the already-allocated `new` is reused on the next iteration rather than overwritten.
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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

29 Jul 2026, 20:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017a6150106b054cc84d1b0582d97bd3a74d4281 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017a6150106b054cc84d1b0582d97bd3a74d4281 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57aee7a35bb12753057c5b65d72d1f46c0e95b07 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57aee7a35bb12753057c5b65d72d1f46c0e95b07 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10bf67fe06469a71a401f72f328237345d553c0 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10bf67fe06469a71a401f72f328237345d553c0 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9aefb2b5f11337c9202c5bd0c45d71198449718 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9aefb2b5f11337c9202c5bd0c45d71198449718 - Patch
CWE CWE-401
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

20 Jul 2026, 15:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

19 Jul 2026, 12:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-19 12:16

Updated : 2026-07-29 20:33


NVD link : CVE-2026-53394

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53394

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53394


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime