CVE-2026-45983 | nfsd: never defer requests during idmap lookup

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: never defer requests during idmap lookup During v4 request compound arg decoding, some ops (e.g. SETATTR) can trigger idmap lookup upcalls. When those upcall responses get delayed beyond the allowed time limit, cache_check() will mark the request for deferral and cause it to be dropped. This prevents nfs4svc_encode_compoundres from being executed, and thus the session slot flag NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE never gets cleared. Subsequent client requests will fail with NFSERR_JUKEBOX, given that the slot will be marked as in-use, making the SEQUENCE op fail. Fix this by making sure that the RQ_USEDEFERRAL flag is always clear during nfs4svc_decode_compoundargs(), since no v4 request should ever be deferred.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45983 is rated Low Risk (7.4/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-45983

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

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GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-45983

GHSA-wrmj-c6w7-44cr · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: never defer requests...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-45983

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-45983 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45983
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45983
suse https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45983/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-45983 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 173, needed 112, released 84, pending 18, not-affected 10, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45983

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-45983

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References for CVE-2026-45983

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