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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-52933

io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership() io_poll_get_ownership() uses a signed comparison to check whether poll_refs has reached the threshold for the slowpath: if (unlikely(atomic_read(&req->poll_refs) >= IO_POLL_REF_BIAS)) atomic_read() returns int (signed). When IO_POLL_CANCEL_FLAG (BIT(31)) is set in poll_refs, the value becomes negative in signed arithmetic, so the >= 128 comparison always evaluates to false and the slowpath is never taken. Fix this by casting the atomic_read() result to unsigned int before the comparison, so that the cancel flag is treated as a large positive value and correctly triggers the slowpath.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < 81bf96b0abbfa4cd47ea32e12596aed3855fb2f3affected
  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < cf522703d4f194991615763697ae25a3f9539763affected
  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < fc47043f3d9af3efa407665b47f8378ec691ba18affected
  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < ea0697129807d718037f618221037aa0660ee3c5affected
  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < c6d191164dc81838d8dbf452a6000f68c558d1aeaffected
  • a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea to < 326941b22806cbf2df1fbfe902b7908b368cce42affected
  • 4b702b7d11ce1b9d26fc6d7c5a7ef4ac1d455048affected
  • bc4e6ee16778149811333a969a7a893d4cc110c5affected
  • 5.15.82 to < 5.16affected
  • 6.0.11 to < 6.1affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.1affected
  • 0 to < 6.1unaffected
  • 6.1.175 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.140 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.86 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.27 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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