# CVE-2025-39912: nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs/localio: restore creds before releasing pageio data Otherwise if the nfsd filecache code releases the nfsd_file immediately, it can trigger the BUG_ON(cred == current->cred) in __put_cred() when it puts the nfsd_file->nf_file->f-cred.

## What to do

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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/57c1bb02b4fc8eec6eb01736e7fad26dffacf18c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c250be1d75bf80dc5ab46f0b434b746c1868a1ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992203a1fba51b025c60ec0c8b0d9223343dea95

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