{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-93211", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-17T16:02:15.093Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-24T15:10:34.407Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-24T15:10:34.407Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-24T15:10:34.407Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: initialize DRC hash table before registering shrinker\n\nshrinker_register() precedes the INIT_LIST_HEAD loop and the\ndrc_hashsize store. On weakly-ordered architectures (arm64, ppc),\na shrinker scan can observe drc_hashsize before the bucket list\nheads are initialized, causing a NULL deref in the DRC shrinker\ncallback.\n\nMove bucket initialization and the drc_hashsize store before\nshrinker_register() so the hash table is fully initialized before\nit becomes visible to the shrinker."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/nfsd/nfscache.c"], "versions": [{"version": "8eea99a81c6f67c08fedd7db2ccd09aa93db69a7", "lessThan": "f060f43a67635dbb393bf5dcbfc3e8b9a44942cb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8eea99a81c6f67c08fedd7db2ccd09aa93db69a7", "lessThan": "b57bd8cb739cb3cf88bdb1a5903a42a707a5c282", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8eea99a81c6f67c08fedd7db2ccd09aa93db69a7", "lessThan": "431c70ca5163c98c746f22f16cd58ca5aefec6dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8eea99a81c6f67c08fedd7db2ccd09aa93db69a7", "lessThan": "b0c58934f5cc4f05b63ef6605dd10c1d0d489e88", "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/nfscache.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.7", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.109", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3-rc1", "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": "6.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.109"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f060f43a67635dbb393bf5dcbfc3e8b9a44942cb"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b57bd8cb739cb3cf88bdb1a5903a42a707a5c282"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431c70ca5163c98c746f22f16cd58ca5aefec6dc"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c58934f5cc4f05b63ef6605dd10c1d0d489e88"}], "title": "nfsd: initialize DRC hash table before registering shrinker", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}