{"cve":"CVE-2026-43470","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-08T15:17:00.090","modified":"2026-06-17T10:49:39.827","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs: return EISDIR on nfs3_proc_create if d_alias is a dir\n\nIf we found an alias through nfs3_do_create/nfs_add_or_obtain\n/d_splice_alias which happens to be a dir dentry, we don't return\nany error, and simply forget about this alias, but the original\ndentry we were adding and passed as parameter remains negative.\n\nThis later causes an oops on nfs_atomic_open_v23/finish_open since we\nsupply a negative dentry to do_dentry_open.\n\nThis has been observed running lustre-racer, where dirs and files are\ncreated/removed concurrently with the same name and O_EXCL is not\nused to open files (frequent file redirection).\n\nWhile d_splice_alias typically returns a directory alias or NULL, we\nexplicitly check d_is_dir() to ensure that we don't attempt to perform\nfile operations (like finish_open) on a directory inode, which triggers\nthe observed oops.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203c792cb4315360d49973ae2e57feeb6d3dcf7e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410666a298c34ebd57256fde6b24c96bd23059a2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2963773760a664684435201960dd2fb712f1b5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ee1770fcb2f1b48354622b926e7dc10222805f5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43470","score":0.00116,"percentile":0.01605,"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."]}