{"cve":"CVE-2024-26868","nvd":{"published":"2024-04-17T11:15:09.360","modified":"2026-08-04T11:17:15.173","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs: fix panic when nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds() fails\n\nWe've been seeing the following panic in production\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000065\nPGD 2f485f067 P4D 2f485f067 PUD 2cc5d8067 PMD 0\nRIP: 0010:ff_layout_cancel_io+0x3a/0x90 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die+0x78/0xc0\n ? page_fault_oops+0x286/0x380\n ? __rpc_execute+0x2c3/0x470 [sunrpc]\n ? rpc_new_task+0x42/0x1c0 [sunrpc]\n ? exc_page_fault+0x5d/0x110\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n ? ff_layout_free_layoutreturn+0x110/0x110 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n ? ff_layout_cancel_io+0x3a/0x90 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n ? ff_layout_cancel_io+0x6f/0x90 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_return+0x1b0/0x360 [nfsv4]\n pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return+0x9e/0x110 [nfsv4]\n ? ff_layout_send_layouterror+0x50/0x160 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds+0x11f/0x290 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n ff_layout_pg_init_write+0xf0/0x1f0 [nfs_layout_flexfiles]\n __nfs_pageio_add_request+0x154/0x6c0 [nfs]\n nfs_pageio_add_request+0x26b/0x380 [nfs]\n nfs_do_writepage+0x111/0x1e0 [nfs]\n nfs_writepages_callback+0xf/0x30 [nfs]\n write_cache_pages+0x17f/0x380\n ? nfs_pageio_init_write+0x50/0x50 [nfs]\n ? nfs_writepages+0x6d/0x210 [nfs]\n ? nfs_writepages+0x6d/0x210 [nfs]\n nfs_writepages+0x125/0x210 [nfs]\n do_writepages+0x67/0x220\n ? generic_perform_write+0x14b/0x210\n filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x5b/0x80\n file_write_and_wait_range+0x6d/0xc0\n nfs_file_fsync+0x81/0x170 [nfs]\n ? nfs_file_mmap+0x60/0x60 [nfs]\n __x64_sys_fsync+0x53/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nInspecting the core with drgn I was able to pull this\n\n  >>> prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[0]\n  #0 at 0xffffffffa079657a (ff_layout_cancel_io+0x3a/0x84) in ff_layout_cancel_io at fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c:2021:27\n  >>> prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[0]['idx']\n  (u32)1\n  >>> prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[0]['flseg'].mirror_array[1].mirror_ds\n  (struct nfs4_ff_layout_ds *)0xffffffffffffffed\n\nThis is clear from the stack trace, we call nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds()\nwhich could error out initializing the mirror_ds, and then we go to\nclean it all up and our check is only for if (!mirror->mirror_ds).  This\nis inconsistent with the rest of the users of mirror_ds, which have\n\n  if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mirror_ds))\n\nto keep from tripping over this exact scenario.  Fix this up in\nff_layout_cancel_io() to make sure we don't panic when we get an error.\nI also spot checked all the other instances of checking mirror_ds and we\nappear to be doing the correct checks everywhere, only unconditionally\ndereferencing mirror_ds when we know it would be valid.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31db25e3141b20e2a76a9f219eeca52e3cab126c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ada9016b1217498fad876a3d5b07645cc955608","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719fcafe07c12646691bd62d7f8d94d657fa0766","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ca651b4ec4a049f5a46a0e5ff921b86b91c47c5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac068f164ad05b35e7c0be13f138c3f6adca58f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:49:08.435428910+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-26868","score":0.00614,"percentile":0.49441,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}