Vulnerability · Published Jan 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-22989nfsd: check that server is running in unlock_filesystem

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: check that server is running in unlock_filesystem If we are trying to unlock the filesystem via an administrative interface and nfsd isn't running, it crashes the server. This happens currently because nfsd4_revoke_states() access state structures (eg., conf_id_hashtbl) that has been freed as a part of the server shutdown. [ 59.465072] Call trace: [ 59.465308] nfsd4_revoke_states+0x1b4/0x898 [nfsd] (P) [ 59.465830] write_unlock_fs+0x258/0x440 [nfsd] [ 59.466278] nfsctl_transaction_write+0xb0/0x120 [nfsd] [ 59.466780] vfs_write+0x1f0/0x938 [ 59.467088] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1f8 [ 59.467395] __arm64_sys_write+0x74/0xb8 [ 59.467746] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xdc/0x1e8 [ 59.468177] do_el0_svc+0x154/0x1d8 [ 59.468489] el0_svc+0x40/0xe0 [ 59.468767] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8 [ 59.469138] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0 Ensure this can't happen by taking the nfsd_mutex and checking that the server is still up, and then holding the mutex across the call to nfsd4_revoke_states().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-22989
Debian:14linux6.18.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1USN-8604-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.176.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1USN-8605-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1USN-8570-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-41.41~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1031.31USN-8669-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1030.30USN-8594-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3USN-8570-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-22989

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1ac3629bf012592cb0320e52a1cceb319a05ad17 – before d95499900fe52f3d461ed26b7a30bebea8f129141ac3629bf012592cb0320e52a1cceb319a05ad17 – before e06c9f6c0f554148d4921c2a15bd054260a054ac1ac3629bf012592cb0320e52a1cceb319a05ad17 – before d0424066fcd294977f310964bed6f2a487fa4515
Linux Linux 6.9

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