# CVE-2026-89676: nfsd: fix stale s2s\_cp\_stateids IDR entry for async COPY

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.111, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.20
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.20.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, 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: nfsd: fix stale s2s_cp_stateids IDR entry for async COPY For an async COPY, nfsd4_copy() called nfs4_init_copy_state() before dup_copy_fields(), so the s2s_cp_stateids IDR was pointed at &u->copy->cp_stateid -- memory in the per-rqstp COMPOUND buffer that is reused by the next request. dup_copy_fields() copies only the value into async_copy, so the IDR slot dangled at the transient buffer for the whole background copy. Any IDR walker then dereferences reused request memory: the laundromat reads cs_type from it and, if the bytes look like an expired NFS4_COPYNOTIFY_STID, follows into refcount_dec()/idr_remove()/kfree() on garbage; manage_cpntf_state() has the same exposure via idr_find(). Duplicate the fields first, then register the stateid on the stable async_copy. result->cb_stateid is unchanged.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/745b2edfdd96b8738a94dee450adff4c7d026d5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdce362f49410b9def65d76c21f6259cd89696d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa34ea78f74e6ef60c8112635a87fc43d57f6c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b4e5e9ba5ae13808b8a6d229d87c54611ba0e7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b978e8d05ce018d0afbeb6611833ef91713a02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0beaee498e11880e72826026db0e9c9890fc114

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