CVE-2026-53321

io_uring/napi: cap busy_poll_to 10 msec

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2026 at 07:41 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/napi: cap busy_poll_to 10 msec Currently there's no cap on the maximum amount of time that napi is allowed to poll if no events are found, which can lead to kernel complaints on a task being stuck as there's no conditional rescheduling done within that loop. Just cap it to 10 msec in total, that's already way above any kind of sane value that will reap any benefits, yet low enough that it's nowhere near being able to trigger preemption complaints.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.9 ≤ v < 6.18.337.17.1 rc18d0c12a80cdeb80d5e0510e96d38fe551ed8e9b5
Vendor states this is fixed in 39767f944a8c9e696566c37ad5b20131406c4b8d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cb3af525f8dfb8930f0c123e5755fa967a12d5c1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in df8599ee18c0e5fe343ffe0b4c379636b8bb839a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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