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GHSA-JH6F-W2GP-43JQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-29 09:30

Details

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

io_uring: preserve task restrictions across exec

Per-task restrictions apply to all rings created by a task. Once installed, they should not be dropped across exec.

For a task that has used io_uring, the exec cancellation path calls __io_uring_free(). This frees both the task context and the per-task restriction, so a ring created after exec is unrestricted.

Split task context cleanup into io_uring_free_tctx(), and use it from the exec cancellation path. Keep __io_uring_free() for final task cleanup, where both the context and restriction are released.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-80713 (GCVE-0-2026-80713)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:53 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:22

Title

io_uring: preserve task restrictions across exec

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: preserve task restrictions across exec Per-task restrictions apply to all rings created by a task. Once installed, they should not be dropped across exec. For a task that has used io_uring, the exec cancellation path calls __io_uring_free(). This frees both the task context and the per-task restriction, so a ring created after exec is unrestricted. Split task context cleanup into io_uring_free_tctx(), and use it from the exec cancellation path. Keep __io_uring_free() for final task cleanup, where both the context and restriction are released.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcef9325afeecced6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc0e8faf90e776a2f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ed82f35b926b2e505c14b7006473614b8f58b4f4 , < fcef9325afeecced693a7438e975e4a3f8e2716f (git) Affected: ed82f35b926b2e505c14b7006473614b8f58b4f4 , < bc0e8faf90e776a2f1f3967a04e8091e6bdb4977 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 7.0 Unaffected: 0 , < 7.0 (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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