CVE-2026-89681

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-11. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.6%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: fix layout fence worker double-reference race

The workqueue core clears WORK_STRUCT_PENDING before the callback is invoked, so delayed_work_pending() in lm_breaker_timedout() can return false while the fence worker is already running. This lets the breaker take a duplicate sc_count reference and schedule a new worker that coalesces with the in-progress one. The extra reference is never put, leaking the layout stateid.

Replace the racy delayed_work_pending() check with an ls_fence_inflight boolean set atomically with refcount_inc_not_zero() under ls_lock, and cleared under ls_lock before the final nfs4_put_stid() on the dispose path; the retry path intentionally retains it. Remove the self-rearm mod_delayed_work() at the top of the worker.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
The EG Score, 9.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.6%
EPSS %ILE
44th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 13, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Oct 11, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

nfsd: fix layout fence worker double-reference race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a278d361e0e8f242211891193d56483a7a9f47a8
Web page

nfsd: fix layout fence worker double-reference race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8580571227451384399b3fa53fcde19848c48e5a

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89681(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (178 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 43× in last 7d / 222× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 240 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 140 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 10:34 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  5. 2026-10-12 14:48 UTCEG score recompute
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  7. 2026-10-12 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-11 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-11 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
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  12. 2026-10-11 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  14. 2026-10-11 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
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  16. 2026-10-11 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-11 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  19. 2026-10-10 20:03 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-10 20:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  22. 2026-10-10 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  1. 2026-10-10 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-09 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-09 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  5. 2026-10-09 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-10-09 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  9. 2026-10-08 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  11. 2026-10-08 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  14. 2026-10-08 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  16. 2026-10-07 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  24. 2026-10-06 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  26. 2026-10-06 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  31. 2026-10-05 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  32. 2026-10-05 17:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  33. 2026-10-05 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  37. 2026-10-05 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  38. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  39. 2026-10-04 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  47. 2026-10-03 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  53. 2026-10-02 21:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  60. 2026-10-01 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  61. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  62. 2026-10-01 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  69. 2026-09-30 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  71. 2026-09-30 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3x6w-r97p-5874 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-89681?
CVE-2026-89681 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 11, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix layout fence worker double-reference race The workqueue core clears WORKSTRUCTPENDING before the callback is invoked, so delayedworkpending() in lmbreakertimedout() can return false while the fence worker is already…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-89681 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-89681 was published on September 11, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 13, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-89681 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89681 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (44th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-89681?
CVE-2026-89681 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-89681?
A fix for CVE-2026-89681 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-89681 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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