lockd: fix swapped arguments in nlmsvc_match_ip()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lockd: fix swapped arguments in nlmsvc_match_ip() When releasing locks by server IP address via /proc/fs/nfsd/unlock_ip, nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip() calls nlm_traverse_files() with the server sockaddr as the opaque @data argument: nlm_traverse_files(server_addr, nlmsvc_match_ip, NULL); The match callback is later invoked from nlm_traverse_locks() as: match(lockhost, host); where the first argument is the nlm_host that owns the lock, and the second argument is the @data that was originally passed down (here the server sockaddr). This is the convention every other match callback relies on (nlmsvc_mark_host(), nlmsvc_same_host(), nlmsvc_is_client()): arg1 is the real nlm_host, arg2 is the caller-supplied reference value. nlmsvc_match_ip() has had these two arguments reversed ever since the unlock-by-IP feature was introduced in commit 4373ea84c84d ("lockd: unlock lockd locks associated with a given server ip"): return rpc_cmp_addr(nlm_srcaddr(host), datap); Here @host is actually the server sockaddr, so nlm_srcaddr(host) dereferences a struct sockaddr as a struct nlm_host and reads garbage at the offset of h_srcaddr; meanwhile @datap is actually the lock owner's nlm_host but is compared as a sockaddr. As a result the comparison practically never matches and locks are not released for the requested IP. Swap the arguments so the lock owner's source address is compared against the requested server address: return rpc_cmp_addr(nlm_srcaddr(datap), (struct sockaddr *)host); [ cel: fix the misleading typedef parameter names too ]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 2.6.26 and later | 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.51, 7.2.4, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.26 and later Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.51, 7.2.4, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.51, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93231
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmpj-ph58-cxj3
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d34c2ac447fe0490ede828e0143e2cbcb59e6c77 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@4fe2db296c9cd897dd1fe06cc0ae9cbc13beefc5, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7124d223c5a2dfb4c1a7b2eea24375edc355a10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68282cbc197b280711f66c4cf05165f911785bcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfbf21d21aea1a83d5ff38d50466a655e0a6a31d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe2db296c9cd897dd1fe06cc0ae9cbc13beefc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34c2ac447fe0490ede828e0143e2cbcb59e6c77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d72e78c9d38d5377a059a4837f82b65b91cdcf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21bcb609e0ab1dd60f39ca3498f85808933bcc9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9060689f49dc663e9a3d069c4a65ff63a836e66
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93231 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93231 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hmpj-ph58-cxj3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93231 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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