Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90037

Vulnerability identifier: #VU150257

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90037

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in NFSD NFSv4 state management when reaping timed-out close_lru entries concurrently with client expiration. A remote attacker can trigger the use-after-free condition to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
openEuler
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1038.42
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2330b788d732f43668b965b3105b37ceb276dfea
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83dd59ac1c3455c2c7d8ddb582d980a13199b9b3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e57a9ed34ea8c17e831de59b8f1a6b2d80d347a1

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel nfsd
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra