Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data Otherwise if the nfsd filecache code releases the nfsd_file immediately, it can trigger the BUG_ON(cred == current->cred) in __put_cred() when it puts the nfsd_file->nf_file->f-cred.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References3
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 4 · as of 9 November 2026
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