CVE-2025-37871 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-37871

nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall A deadlock warning occurred when invoking nfs4_put_stid following a failed dl_recall queue operation: T1 T2 nfs4_laundromat nfs4_get_client_reaplist nfs4_anylock_blockers __break_lease spin_lock // ctx->flc_lock spin_lock // clp->cl_lock nfs4_lockowner_has_blockers locks_owner_has_blockers spin_lock // flctx->flc_lock nfsd_break_deleg_cb nfsd_break_one_deleg nfs4_put_stid refcount_dec_and_lock spin_lock // clp->cl_lock When a file is opened, an nfs4_delegation is allocated with sc_count initialized to 1, and the file_lease holds a reference to the delegation. The file_lease is then associated with the file through kernel_setlease. The disassociation is performed in nfsd4_delegreturn via the following call chain: nfsd4_delegreturn --> destroy_delegation --> destroy_unhashed_deleg --> nfs4_unlock_deleg_lease --> kernel_setlease --> generic_delete_lease The corresponding sc_count reference will be released after this disassociation. Since nfsd_break_one_deleg executes while holding the flc_lock, the disassociation process becomes blocked when attempting to acquire flc_lock in generic_delete_lease. This means: 1) sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg will not be decremented to 0; 2) The nfs4_put_stid called by nfsd_break_one_deleg will not attempt to acquire cl_lock; 3) Consequently, no deadlock condition is created. Given that sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg remains non-zero, we can safely perform refcount_dec on sc_count directly. This approach effectively avoids triggering deadlock warnings.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
b874cdef4e67e5150e07eff0eae1cbb21fb92da1, cdb796137c57e68ca34518d53be53b679351eb86, d96587cc93ec369031bcd7658c6adc719873c9fd, 9a81cde8c7ce65dd90fb47ceea93a45fc1a2fbd1, cad3479b63661a399c9df1d0b759e1806e2df3c8, 133f5e2a37ce08c82d24e8fba65e0a81deae4609, 230ca758453c63bd38e4d9f4a21db698f7abada8, 63b91c8ff4589f5263873b24c052447a28e10ef7, 6.13.11, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.14.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 9th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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