NFSv4/pnfs: key the data server cache on the NFS version
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 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: NFSv4/pnfs: key the data server cache on the NFS version nfs4_pnfs_ds_add() keys the per-net data server cache on the multipath address set alone, and struct nfs4_pnfs_ds records no version. That suffices for the files layout driver, which always connects with version 4, but flexfiles takes its version tuple from GETDEVICEINFO per device, and one address can legitimately serve both NFSv3 and NFSv4. Two deviceids on one address with different ds_versions[0].version therefore share a single nfs4_pnfs_ds, and whichever mirror connects first pins ds_clp to its own version. The other one is handed that client anyway, so it selects rpc_call_ops for a version the connection does not speak, and the mismatched sequence-slot handling dereferences NULL. Add the version to the cache key so the two cannot alias, giving each version its own nfs4_pnfs_ds and connection while both mirrors stay usable. Only the major version is compared, since that is what selects rpc_call_ops and rpc_ops; v4.0 and v4.1 keep sharing a client. The files layout driver passes the 4 it already hardcodes at connect time.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90102
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wj5v-2g3c-hmrh
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb100b0da0e217d5d63ce6fe092f9c29e59f7dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e160922bc83cd25e346a028ed43cbdb0b57e1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc7aa9d8aff826031ffe25eba7f2f3acafcbf7a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd5bd091daa48c6ed8f9235ddf448aa288a0881f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2994ba1263d9e88d3d9ae1d097c5cf811d4bfa5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27f640cd92eebf5c2f64336be7ca24f4636390cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc975cfb07a146843fde1126c43441e76177539
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c23c5cb977f66390795437fd3837887ce1fd75
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90102 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90102 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wj5v-2g3c-hmrh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90102 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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