# CVE-2026-89545: sunrpc: defer rq\_argp and rq\_resp free until after RCU grace period

- 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
- Fixed in: 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.19.0, fixed in 6.12.111; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: defer rq_argp and rq_resp free until after RCU grace period svc_rqst_free() frees rqstp->rq_argp and rqstp->rq_resp synchronously via kfree(), but defers the rqstp struct free via kfree_rcu(). After svc_exit_thread() calls list_del_rcu() and svc_rqst_free(), there is a window where RCU readers that started before list_del_rcu() can still traverse the thread list and find the rqstp. These readers (e.g. nfsd_nl_rpc_status_get_dumpit()) dereference rqstp->rq_argp, which has already been freed — a use-after-free. Fix this by moving the kfree of rq_argp and rq_resp into an explicit call_rcu() callback alongside the struct free. Resources not accessed by RCU readers (bvec, buffer pages, scratch folio, auth_data) remain synchronously freed.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c977158237bccc3d2512d5b17c47ee3760dc8839
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea49d69aa806008b2424c8cf21cf746b9963967
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bc49e0541260bf294962cf889a32a2d2713ad6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c5693d3f9a5d4911735ab0e0eba4eecb1f1090
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c479bde671cbe2f9e152834a8b0eb7c3c295bbaf

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