{"cve":"CVE-2026-31400","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-03T16:16:38.623","modified":"2026-07-24T22:10:00.140","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsunrpc: fix cache_request leak in cache_release\n\nWhen a reader's file descriptor is closed while in the middle of reading\na cache_request (rp->offset != 0), cache_release() decrements the\nrequest's readers count but never checks whether it should free the\nrequest.\n\nIn cache_read(), when readers drops to 0 and CACHE_PENDING is clear, the\ncache_request is removed from the queue and freed along with its buffer\nand cache_head reference. cache_release() lacks this cleanup.\n\nThe only other path that frees requests with readers == 0 is\ncache_dequeue(), but it runs only when CACHE_PENDING transitions from\nset to clear. If that transition already happened while readers was\nstill non-zero, cache_dequeue() will have skipped the request, and no\nsubsequent call will clean it up.\n\nAdd the same cleanup logic from cache_read() to cache_release(): after\ndecrementing readers, check if it reached 0 with CACHE_PENDING clear,\nand if so, dequeue and free the cache_request.","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-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17ad31b3a43b72aec3a3d83605891e1397d0d065","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dfedb293943e491379c9302b428e6f920a73d12","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301670dcd098c1fe5c2fe90fb3c7a8f4814d2351","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/373457de14281c1fc7cace6fc4c8a267fc176673","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f6ba6c98a618043d2cd71030bf9a752dfab8b2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:59.047572785+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31400","score":0.00119,"percentile":0.01746,"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."]}