{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43394", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:56.007Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-08T14:21:38.127Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:23:44.189Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:23:44.189Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_listener_set_doit().\n\nnfsd_nl_listener_set_doit() uses get_current_cred() without\nput_cred().\n\nAs we can see from other callers, svc_xprt_create_from_sa()\ndoes not require the extra refcount.\n\nnfsd_nl_listener_set_doit() is always in the process context,\nsendmsg(), and current->cred does not go away.\n\nLet's use current_cred() in nfsd_nl_listener_set_doit()."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c"], "versions": [{"version": "16a471177496c8e04a9793812c187a2c1a2192fa", "lessThan": "02e87ec0bc706cb93fa47b43d18c4d10102c7d54", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "16a471177496c8e04a9793812c187a2c1a2192fa", "lessThan": "019debe5851d7355bea9ff0248cc317878924d8f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "16a471177496c8e04a9793812c187a2c1a2192fa", "lessThan": "cba413765376bb466035c9160fa3130402971e2c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "16a471177496c8e04a9793812c187a2c1a2192fa", "lessThan": "92978c83bb4eef55d02a6c990c01c423131eefa7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.78", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.78"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.19"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.9"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e87ec0bc706cb93fa47b43d18c4d10102c7d54"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/019debe5851d7355bea9ff0248cc317878924d8f"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba413765376bb466035c9160fa3130402971e2c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92978c83bb4eef55d02a6c990c01c423131eefa7"}], "title": "nfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_listener_set_doit().", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}