# CVE-2026-46256: NFS/localio: prevent direct reclaim recursion into NFS via nfs\_writepages

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.114, 6.18.14, 6.19.4
- Published: 2026-06-03 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 70ba381e1a431245c137ed597ec6a05991c79bd9, fixed in 9118e1cab8a5571c6a95011f77ff28480aee9cb0; from 70ba381e1a431245c137ed597ec6a05991c79bd9, fixed in ae26a4cf2baf0a44c538dc093504d1994b02dade; from 70ba381e1a431245c137ed597ec6a05991c79bd9, fixed in 6a5de0c4fc0f217eea945d3d72c34ee30d72cbc9; from 70ba381e1a431245c137ed597ec6a05991c79bd9, fixed in 67435d2d8a33a75f9647724952cb1b18279d2e95
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.14; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS/localio: prevent direct reclaim recursion into NFS via nfs_writepages LOCALIO is an NFS loopback mount optimization that avoids using the network for READ, WRITE and COMMIT if the NFS client and server are determined to be on the same system. But because LOCALIO is still fundamentally "just NFS loopback mount" it is susceptible to recursion deadlock via direct reclaim, e.g.: NFS LOCALIO down to XFS and then back into NFS via nfs_writepages. Fix LOCALIO's potential for direct reclaim deadlock by ensuring that all its page cache allocations are done from GFP_NOFS context. Thanks to Ben Coddington for pointing out commit ad22c7a043c2 ("xfs: prevent stack overflows from page cache allocation").

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.114, 6.18.14, 6.19.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9118e1cab8a5571c6a95011f77ff28480aee9cb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae26a4cf2baf0a44c538dc093504d1994b02dade
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5de0c4fc0f217eea945d3d72c34ee30d72cbc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67435d2d8a33a75f9647724952cb1b18279d2e95

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