{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23297","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  nfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit().  syzbot reported memory leak of struct cred. [0]  nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit() passes get_current_cred() to nfsd_svc(), but put_cred() is not called after that.  The cred is finally passed down to _svc_xprt_create(), which calls get_cred() with the cred for struct svc_xprt.  The ownership of the refcount by get_current_cred() is not transferred to anywhere and is just leaked.  nfsd_svc() is also called from write_threads(), but it does not bump file-\u003ef_cred there.  nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit() is called from sendmsg() and current-\u003ecred does not go away.  Let's use current_cred() in nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit().  [0]: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888108b89480 (size 184):   comm \"syz-executor\", pid 5994, jiffies 4294943386   hex dump (first 32 bytes):     01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................     00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................   backtrace (crc 369454a7):     kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]     slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]     slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]     kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x412/0x580 mm/slub.c:5270     prepare_creds+0x22/0x600 kernel/cred.c:185     copy_creds+0x44/0x290 kernel/cred.c:286     copy_process+0x7a7/0x2870 kernel/fork.c:2086     kernel_clone+0xac/0x6e0 kernel/fork.c:2651     __do_sys_clone+0x7f/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2792     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]     do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","modified":"2026-08-27T23:06:02.579435404Z","published":"2026-03-25T11:16:25.167Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-23297"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23297"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.12.85-1"}]}],"versions":["6.12.38-1","6.12.41-1","6.12.43-1","6.12.43-1~bpo12+1","6.12.48-1","6.12.57-1","6.12.57-1~bpo12+1","6.12.63-1","6.12.63-1~bpo12+1","6.12.69-1","6.12.69-1~bpo12+1","6.12.73-1","6.12.73-1~bpo12+1","6.12.74-1","6.12.74-2","6.12.74-2~bpo12+1","6.12.85-1~bpo12+1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23297.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.19.8-1"}]}],"versions":["6.12.100-1","6.12.101-1","6.12.105-1","6.12.38-1","6.12.41-1","6.12.43-1","6.12.43-1~bpo12+1","6.12.48-1","6.12.57-1","6.12.57-1~bpo12+1","6.12.63-1","6.12.63-1~bpo12+1","6.12.69-1","6.12.69-1~bpo12+1","6.12.73-1","6.12.73-1~bpo12+1","6.12.74-1","6.12.74-2","6.12.74-2~bpo12+1","6.12.85-1","6.12.85-1~bpo12+1","6.12.86-1","6.12.86-1~bpo12+1","6.12.88-1","6.12.88-1~bpo12+1","6.12.90-1","6.12.90-1~bpo12+1","6.12.90-2","6.12.90-2~bpo12+1","6.12.94-1","6.12.94-1~bpo12+1","6.12.95-1","6.12.95-1~bpo12+1","6.12.96-1","6.13.10-1~exp1","6.13.11-1~exp1","6.13.2-1~exp1","6.13.3-1~exp1","6.13.4-1~exp1","6.13.5-1~exp1","6.13.6-1~exp1","6.13.7-1~exp1","6.13.8-1~exp1","6.13.9-1~exp1","6.13~rc6-1~exp1","6.13~rc7-1~exp1","6.14.3-1~exp1","6.14.5-1~exp1","6.14.6-1~exp1","6.15-1~exp1","6.15.1-1~exp1","6.15.2-1~exp1","6.15.3-1~exp1","6.15.4-1~exp1","6.15.5-1~exp1","6.15.6-1~exp1","6.15~rc7-1~exp1","6.16-1~exp1","6.16.1-1~exp1","6.16.10-1","6.16.11-1","6.16.12-1","6.16.12-1~bpo13+1","6.16.12-2","6.16.3-1","6.16.3-1~bpo13+1","6.16.5-1","6.16.6-1","6.16.7-1","6.16.8-1","6.16.9-1","6.16~rc7-1~exp1","6.17.10-1","6.17.11-1","6.17.12-1","6.17.13-1","6.17.13-1~bpo13+1","6.17.2-1~exp1","6.17.5-1~exp1","6.17.6-1","6.17.7-1","6.17.7-2","6.17.8-1","6.17.8-1~bpo13+1","6.17.9-1","6.18.1-1~exp1","6.18.10-1","6.18.12-1","6.18.12-1~bpo13+1","6.18.13-1","6.18.14-1","6.18.15-1","6.18.15-1~bpo13+1","6.18.2-1~exp1","6.18.3-1","6.18.5-1","6.18.5-1~bpo13+1","6.18.8-1","6.18.9-1","6.18.9-1~bpo13+1","6.18~rc4-1~exp1","6.18~rc4-1~exp2","6.18~rc5-1~exp1","6.18~rc6-1~exp1","6.18~rc7-1~exp1","6.19-1~exp1","6.19.2-1~exp1","6.19.3-1~exp1","6.19.4-1~exp1","6.19.5-1~exp1","6.19.6-1","6.19.6-2","6.19.6-2~bpo13+1","6.19.8-1~bpo13+1","6.19~rc4-1~exp1","6.19~rc5-1~exp1","6.19~rc6-1~exp1","6.19~rc7-1~exp1","6.19~rc8-1~exp1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23297.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}