CVE-2026-89543

CVE-2026-89543

published September 12, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sunrpc: fix use-after-free in __rpc_clnt_handle_event and __rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir

Normal client creation goes through rpc_setup_pipedir(), which records

clnt->pipefs_sb, but the mount-event path in __rpc_clnt_handle_event()

calls rpc_setup_pipedir_sb() directly and never refreshes that field.

The umount path also removes the directory without clearing

clnt->pipefs_sb.

After a late pipefs mount or any remount, rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir()

compares the current superblock against a stale pipefs_sb pointer and

skips cleanup, leaving pipefs dentries whose inode private data still

points at a freed rpc_clnt, leading to a potential use-after-free during

subsequent rpc_info_open() or rpc_show_info() calls.

Fix this by properly updating clnt->pipefs_sb upon mount events and

clearing it during unmount or failure paths.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00206 · 10.0th percentile
Published
2026-09-12T00:19Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 19:44Z
    sunrpc: fix use-after-free in __rpc_clnt_handle_event and __rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir
    cvelistv5