# CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc\_export\_show

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show The function `e_show` was called with protection from RCU. This only ensures that `exp` will not be freed. Therefore, the reference count for `exp` can drop to zero, which will trigger a refcount use-after-free warning when `exp_get` is called. To resolve this issue, use `cache_get_rcu` to ensure that `exp` remains active. ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 819 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xb1/0x120 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 819 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xb1/0x120 ... Call Trace: <TASK> e_show+0x20b/0x230 [nfsd] seq_read_iter+0x589/0x770 seq_read+0x1e5/0x270 vfs_read+0x125/0x530 ksys_read+0xc1/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2fa0d0e327279a8defb87b263cd0bf288fd9261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fd29d284b55c2274f7a748e6c5f25b4758b8da5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cefcadd34e3c71c81ea64b899a0daa86314a51a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8f7816bebcd2e7400bb4d786eccb8f33c9f9ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cecfdbc6bfc89c516d286884c7f29267b95de2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7365d1f8de63cffdbbaa2287ce0205438e1a922f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be8f982c369c965faffa198b46060f8853e0f1f0

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