CVE-2026-31400

EUVD-2026-18782
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sunrpc: fix cache_request leak in cache_release

When a reader's file descriptor is closed while in the middle of reading
a cache_request (rp->offset != 0), cache_release() decrements the
request's readers count but never checks whether it should free the
request.

In cache_read(), when readers drops to 0 and CACHE_PENDING is clear, the
cache_request is removed from the queue and freed along with its buffer
and cache_head reference. cache_release() lacks this cleanup.

The only other path that frees requests with readers == 0 is
cache_dequeue(), but it runs only when CACHE_PENDING transitions from
set to clear. If that transition already happened while readers was
still non-zero, cache_dequeue() will have skipped the request, and no
subsequent call will clean it up.

Add the same cleanup logic from cache_read() to cache_release(): after
decrementing readers, check if it reached 0 with CACHE_PENDING clear,
and if so, dequeue and free the cache_request.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 10%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12.1 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.253
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.203
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.167
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.78
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.20
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.10
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.172-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
forky
7.0.7-1
fixed
sid
7.0.7-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.88-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.172-1~deb11u1
fixed