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CVE-2026-53244— VFS: fix possible failure to unlock in nfsd4_create_file()

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于atomic_create()函数在返回错误时未正确处理dentry引用，导致nfsd4_create_file()可能将错误指针传递给end_creating()，从而无法解锁父目录。

CVSS 7.5 · High EPSS 0.34% · P26

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1059 · Command and Scripting Interpreter

Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 64a989dbd144e0622371396461b11335459692d2< ee1f40759a50b1800c98c1c369afd5b3e44ad987 affected
64a989dbd144e0622371396461b11335459692d2< e824bbd4d224cce4b5fb59cc9dcd3447fe0b7e44 affected
7.0 affected
< 7.0 unaffected
7.0.13≤ 7.0.* unaffected
7.1≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-53244

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Vulnerability Title
VFS: fix possible failure to unlock in nfsd4_create_file()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VFS: fix possible failure to unlock in nfsd4_create_file() atomic_create() in fs/namei.c drops the reference to the dentry when it returns an error. This behaviour was imported into dentry_create() so that it will drop the reference if an error is returned from atomic_create(), though not if vfs_create() returns an error (in the case where ->atomic_create is not supported). The caller - nfsd4_create_file() - is made aware of this by checking path->dentry, which will either be a counted reference to a dentry, or an error pointer. However the change to use start_creating()/end_creating() (which landed shortly before the dentry_create() change landed, though was likely developed around the same time) means that nfsd4_create_file() *needs* a valid dentry so that it can unlock the parent. The net result is that if NFSD exports a filesystem which uses ->atomic_create, and if a call to ->atomic_create returns an error, then nfsd4_create_file() will pass an error pointer to end_creating() and the parent will not be unlocked. Fix this by changing dentry_create() to make sure path->dentry is always a valid dentry, never an error-pointer. The actual error is already returned a different way. Note that if ->atomic_create() returns a different dentry (which may not be possible in practice) we are guaranteed (because it is only ever provided by d_spliace_alias()) that it will have the same d_parent and so it will have the same effect when passed to end_creating().
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于atomic_create()函数在返回错误时未正确处理dentry引用，导致nfsd4_create_file()可能将错误指针传递给end_creating()，从而无法解锁父目录。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 64a989dbd144e0622371396461b11335459692d2 ~ ee1f40759a50b1800c98c1c369afd5b3e44ad987 -
Linux Linux 7.0 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-53244 (2)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-06-25 · 146 CVEs total

CVE-2026-53175 9.8 CRITICAL inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush
CVE-2026-53176 9.8 CRITICAL IB/isert: Reject login PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN
CVE-2026-53228 9.8 CRITICAL ipv6: sit: reload inner IPv6 header after GSO offloads
CVE-2026-53221 9.8 CRITICAL ip6_vti: fix incorrect tunnel matching in vti6_tnl_lookup()
CVE-2026-53246 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing
CVE-2026-53247 9.8 CRITICAL net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown
CVE-2026-53151 9.8 CRITICAL rxrpc: Fix the ACK parser to extract the SACK table for parsing
CVE-2026-53260 9.8 CRITICAL tcp: Add preempt_{disable,enable}_nested() in reqsk_queue_hash_req().
CVE-2026-53216 9.8 CRITICAL net: mvpp2: limit XDP frame size to the RX buffer
CVE-2026-53215 9.8 CRITICAL net: mvpp2: refill RX buffers before XDP or skb use
CVE-2026-53131 9.4 CRITICAL netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()
CVE-2026-53225 9.1 CRITICAL sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()
CVE-2026-53224 9.1 CRITICAL sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie
CVE-2026-53186 9.1 CRITICAL RDMA/srp: bound SRP_RSP sense copy by the received length
CVE-2026-53248 8.8 HIGH net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown
CVE-2026-53198 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix use-after-free of a deferred file_lock on double SMB2_CANCEL
CVE-2026-53159 8.8 HIGH misc: fastrpc: fix DMA address corruption due to find_vma misuse
CVE-2026-53240 8.8 HIGH xfrm: iptfs: fix use-after-free on first_skb in __input_process_payload
CVE-2026-53275 8.8 HIGH ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries
CVE-2026-53170 8.8 HIGH accel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length

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