{"id":"CVE-2025-21796","summary":"nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them\n\nIf getting acl_default fails, acl_access and acl_default will be released\nsimultaneously. However, acl_access will still retain a pointer pointing\nto the released posix_acl, which will trigger a WARNING in\nnfs3svc_release_getacl like this:\n\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\nWARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 3199 at lib/refcount.c:28\nrefcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 3199 Comm: nfsd Not tainted\n6.12.0-rc6-00079-g04ae226af01f-dirty #8\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\n1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\nCode: cc cc 0f b6 1d b3 20 a5 03 80 fb 01 0f 87 65 48 d8 00 83 e3 01 75\ne4 48 c7 c7 c0 3b 9b 85 c6 05 97 20 a5 03 01 e8 fb 3e 30 ff \u003c0f\u003e 0b eb\ncd 0f b6 1d 8a3\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90008637cd8 EFLAGS: 00010282\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff83904fde\nRDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff88871ed36380\nRBP: ffff888158beeb40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520010c6f56\nR10: ffffc90008637ab7 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001\nR13: ffff888140e77400 R14: ffff888140e77408 R15: ffffffff858b42c0\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88871ed00000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000562384d32158 CR3: 000000055cc6a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\n ? __warn+0xa5/0x140\n ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\n ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0\n ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0\n ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40\n ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n ? tick_nohz_tick_stopped+0x1e/0x40\n ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\n ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xb5/0x170\n nfs3svc_release_getacl+0xc9/0xe0\n svc_process_common+0x5db/0xb60\n ? __pfx_svc_process_common+0x10/0x10\n ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x69/0xa0\n ? __pfx_nfsd_dispatch+0x10/0x10\n ? svc_xprt_received+0xa1/0x120\n ? xdr_init_decode+0x11d/0x190\n svc_process+0x2a7/0x330\n svc_handle_xprt+0x69d/0x940\n svc_recv+0x180/0x2d0\n nfsd+0x168/0x200\n ? __pfx_nfsd+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x1a2/0x1e0\n ? kthread+0xf4/0x1e0\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\nKernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...\n\nClear acl_access/acl_default after posix_acl_release is called to prevent\nUAF from being triggered.","modified":"2026-05-07T04:16:31.311284Z","published":"2025-02-27T02:18:32.191Z","related":["ALSA-2025:20095","ALSA-2025:20518","SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1","SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1","SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1","SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1","SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1","USN-7521-2"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21796.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd94884174bd20beb1773990fd3b1aa877688d9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e59b2b68782519560b3d6a41dd66a3d01a01cd3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d947315fb5f67a35e4e1d3e01bb886b9c6decf"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f7cfee1a316891890c505563aa54f3476db52fd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7faf14a7b0366f153284db0ad3347c457ea70136"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1737ae42c928384ab6447f6ee1a882510e85fa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d871523142f7895f250a856f8c4a4181614510"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21796.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21796"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"a257cdd0e2179630d3201c32ba14d7fcb3c3a055"},{"fixed":"8a1737ae42c928384ab6447f6ee1a882510e85fa"},{"fixed":"6f7cfee1a316891890c505563aa54f3476db52fd"},{"fixed":"2e59b2b68782519560b3d6a41dd66a3d01a01cd3"},{"fixed":"55d947315fb5f67a35e4e1d3e01bb886b9c6decf"},{"fixed":"f8d871523142f7895f250a856f8c4a4181614510"},{"fixed":"1fd94884174bd20beb1773990fd3b1aa877688d9"},{"fixed":"7faf14a7b0366f153284db0ad3347c457ea70136"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21796.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.6.13"},{"fixed":"5.10.235"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.179"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.129"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.79"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.13.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21796.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}