Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout() When hitting the NFS_LAYOUT_RETURN branch in pnfs_update_layout(), the code calls pnfs_prepare_to_retry_layoutget(lo). If it succeeds, pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo) is called before trace_pnfs_update_layout(), which still references 'lo'. This results in a use-after-free when the tracepoint accesses lo's fields. Fix this by moving the tracepoint call before pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo).
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e198a90ca4050f4bee8a3f23680389a6563ccc Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f24b8302c77dcaf79c64c073877a3b9f4dd25d2 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/200e7637f4d6a1342987045eea72641524f909dc Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2883ddd7542b4437a2ab4908fe2773f690e20889 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ad8b9a85dbf57ca532ee9e65ad7e6498bfbbf98 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e37e9b3e82ade881e1798e2f4fcc54aff7793c1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9645aaf689aff57427ece3b9fa47d5b5399417f4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c0fb5c09ae5bd68dc0038692af8127029cb0385 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 51 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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