TI-2026-60588 Aliases CVE-2026-89545 GHSA-43p7-fx92-rp4x

sunrpc: defer rq_argp and rq_resp free until after RCU grace period

LOW 35Published 2026-09-11 · Updated 2026-10-30

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: defer rq_argp and rq_resp free until after RCU grace period svc_rqst_free() frees rqstp->rq_argp and rqstp->rq_resp synchronously via kfree(), but defers the rqstp struct free via kfree_rcu(). After svc_exit_thread() calls list_del_rcu() and svc_rqst_free(), there is a window where RCU readers that started before list_del_rcu() can still traverse the thread list and find the rqstp. These readers (e.g. nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit()) dereference rqstp->rq_argp, which has already been freed — a use-after-free. Fix this by moving the kfree of rq_argp and rq_resp into an explicit call_rcu() callback alongside the struct free. Resources not accessed by RCU readers (bvec, buffer pages, scratch folio, auth_data) remain synchronously freed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00163 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.12.111, 6.18.50 +2Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	3.19 and later	6.1.191, 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.19 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89545
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-43p7-fx92-rp4x
2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@c977158237bccc3d2512d5b17c47ee3760dc8839 · CNA
2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-11-01 CVSS score changed · Red Hat

References

Other 5

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TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4

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Sources

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