# CVE-2025-39688: nfsd: allow SC\_STATUS\_FREEABLE when searching via nfs4\_lookup\_stateid()

- 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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2
- Published: 2025-04-18 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a, fixed in 52e209203c35a4fbff8af23cd3613efe5df40102; from 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a, fixed in dc6f3295905d7185e71091870119a8c11c3808cc; from 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a, fixed in 5bcb44e650bc4ec7eac23df90c5e011a77fa2beb; from 8dd91e8d31febf4d9cca3ae1bb4771d33ae7ee5a, fixed in d1bc15b147d35b4cb7ca99a9a7d79d41ca342c13; from 6.11.6, fixed in 6.12
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.12.23; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.13.11; from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.14.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: allow SC_STATUS_FREEABLE when searching via nfs4_lookup_stateid() The pynfs DELEG8 test fails when run against nfsd. It acquires a delegation and then lets the lease time out. It then tries to use the deleg stateid and expects to see NFS4ERR_DELEG_REVOKED, but it gets bad NFS4ERR_BAD_STATEID instead. When a delegation is revoked, it's initially marked with SC_STATUS_REVOKED, or SC_STATUS_ADMIN_REVOKED and later, it's marked with the SC_STATUS_FREEABLE flag, which denotes that it is waiting for s FREE_STATEID call. nfs4_lookup_stateid() accepts a statusmask that includes the status flags that a found stateid is allowed to have. Currently, that mask never includes SC_STATUS_FREEABLE, which means that revoked delegations are (almost) never found. Add SC_STATUS_FREEABLE to the always-allowed status flags, and remove it from nfsd4_delegreturn() since it's now always implied.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2) 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/52e209203c35a4fbff8af23cd3613efe5df40102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6f3295905d7185e71091870119a8c11c3808cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bcb44e650bc4ec7eac23df90c5e011a77fa2beb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1bc15b147d35b4cb7ca99a9a7d79d41ca342c13

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