CVE-2026-80859

fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness

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Published: September 4, 2026 at 03:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness fuse_block_alloc() reads fch->initialized and then fch->io_uring. fch->io_uring is set before fch->initialized, ordered by the smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_intialized(), but fuse_block_alloc() has no matching read barrier between the two loads. This may lead a CPU to observe fch->initialized=1 but fch->io_uring=0, and skip the check that blocks request allocation until the io-uring queues are ready. This can reintroduce the lock-order inversion deadlock that commit 3393ff964e0f prevents. Add an smp_rmb() barrier to pair with the smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_initialized() to prevent this.

Affected

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

3393ff964e0fa5def66570c54a4612bf9df06b766.14
Vendor states this is fixed in 8974575898cd7a4c818088f102b2e7a0286d3302 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd9c835709f4bb3e4256eea7573e4e6e18f956de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in edb310bc27f0ad83e7fd558a3caf1a94ca511654 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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