# CVE-2024-53073: NFSD: Never decrement pending\_async\_copies on error

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.11, 6.11.7
- Published: 2024-11-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.10.14, fixed in 6.11
- Linux: from 6.11.3, fixed in 6.11.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Never decrement pending_async_copies on error The error flow in nfsd4_copy() calls cleanup_async_copy(), which already decrements nn->pending_async_copies.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.11, 6.11.7) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed98d26021db0fe62c327aa9f5e57a90bff3fa94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9467c49437e948c541569007cd412d577942e635
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949ee5d44d1fd95119b29b3382a933cdc617bf9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb79d68a36e21960341ccab07d1ac06d93830321
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1421883aa30c5d26bc3370e2d19cb350f0d5ca28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8286f8b622990194207df9ab852e0f87c60d35e9

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