# CVE-2025-21900: NFSv4: Fix a deadlock when recovering state on a sillyrenamed file

- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4: Fix a deadlock when recovering state on a sillyrenamed file If the file is sillyrenamed, and slated for delete on close, it is possible for a server reboot to triggeer an open reclaim, with can again race with the application call to close(). When that happens, the call to put_nfs_open_context() can trigger a synchronous delegreturn call which deadlocks because it is not marked as privileged. Instead, ensure that the call to nfs4_inode_return_delegation_on_close() catches the delegreturn, and schedules it asynchronously.

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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/4fe4ae6c2e01d028856b73b6328b12b8945df871
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41a60bc43e7abbc636fee78bed0d74c31e738b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8df955f078e1a023ee55161935000a67651f38

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