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CVE-2026-23275

CVE-2026-23275 PUBLISHED

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: ensure ctx->rings is stable for task work flags manipulation If DEFER_TASKRUN | SETUP_TASKRUN is used and task work is added while the ring is being resized, it's possible for the OR'ing of IORING_SQ_TASKRUN to happen in the small window of swapping into the new rings and the old rings being freed. Prevent this by adding a 2nd ->rings pointer, ->rings_rcu, which is protected by RCU. The task work flags manipulation is inside RCU already, and if the resize ring freeing is done post an RCU synchronize, then there's no need to add locking to the fast path of task work additions. Note: this is only done for DEFER_TASKRUN, as that's the only setup mode that supports ring resizing. If this ever changes, then they too need to use the io_ctx_mark_taskrun() helper.

EPSS 0.02% · 4.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.02%
4.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel6.13, 6.13, 6.13
LinuxLinux6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0-rc4

Timeline

  • Mar 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 20, 2026 CVE Published
  • Mar 20, 2026 PoC Published
  • Mar 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 22, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 22, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Mar 23, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 25, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 2, 2026 CVE Updated
  • May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
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