CVE-2025-39697

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix a race when updating an existing write After nfs_lock_and_join_requests() tests for whether the request is still attached to the mapping, nothing prevents a call to nfs_inode_remove_request() from succeeding until we actually lock the page group. The reason is that whoever called nfs_inode_remove_request() doesn't necessarily have a lock on the page group head. So in order to avoid races, let's take the page group lock earlier in nfs_lock_and_join_requests(), and hold it across the removal of the request in nfs_inode_remove_request().

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff42a32784e0f2cb46a46da8e9f473538c13e1b ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff42a32784e0f2cb46a46da8e9f473538c13e1bPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181feb41f0b268e6288bf9a7b984624d7fe2031dPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/202a3432d21ac060629a760fff3b0a39859da3eaPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76d2e3890fb169168c73f2e4f8375c7cc24a765ePatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92278ae36935a54e65fef9f8ea8efe7e80481acePatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32e3c71aaa1c1ba05da88605e2ddd493c58794fPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f230d40147cc37eb3aef4d50e2e2c06ea73d9a77Patch
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlAdvisory