CVE-2026-89549
Published: September 15, 2026Last modified: September 28, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: route to a populated pool in svc_pool_for_cpu() svc_set_num_threads() spreads the requested threads evenly across the service's pools (base = nrservs / sv_nrpools). When a service runs fewer threads than it has pools -- e.g. an nfsd configured with fewer threads than the host has NUMA nodes while running in "pernode" or "percpu" mode -- the trailing pools are left with no threads at all. svc_xprt_enqueue() selects a pool from the CPU servicing the transport, queues the transport on that pool's sp_xprts, and only wakes a thread from the same pool. Each thread services exclusively its own pool, so a transport that lands on a threadless pool is enqueued on sp_xprts and never picked up: the connection hangs indefinitely. Have svc_pool_for_cpu() skip pools that currently have no threads, falling back to the next populated pool. This trades NUMA locality for a guarantee that the work is actually serviced. sp_nrthreads is only updated under the service mutex; the lockless read here is a best-effort routing hint, so annotate it with data_race().
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.1.182-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.111-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.53-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/011479cf9a7657d4a3e7cc42a784ac63df594170
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f66d38e2a6c78d48723ea17ad86135ec80ca24b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f766d2d0b4dabf54f8b35812df2b4f481d13316
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9accc25e5af0bac8479f6054e674b2c593c45281
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d04d64ad192439835ed9884d767353061c3ed6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79d7b9e8acbb53e2d60f6b24afc13e2f15e691f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb20e8c03aebacb409968c99d046f509c6c485a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6310491c4cdb88af73aa551ec9df1f10a90c709