CVE-2026-80920

io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler

N/A
Published: September 9, 2026 at 04:13 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler io_req_local_work_add() signals the CQ ring eventfd inline when it is the one to push the first entry onto ->work_list. For DEFER_TASKRUN rings that add is frequently done from a waitqueue wakeup handler, where an arbitrary waitqueue lock is held. eventfd_signal_mask() only refuses to recurse when current->in_eventfd is set, but that bit is set by eventfd_signal_mask() itself. If the wake chain starts somewhere else, signal goes out inline and can feed back into epoll. Add IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE, set it on the task_work add done from the three waitqueue callbacks, and use it to force io_eventfd_signal() down the existing call_rcu_hurry() deferral instead of signaling inline.

Affected

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

21a091b970cdbcf3e8ff829234b51be6f91927666.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 40b6ccf68731809ceb85c6e9f0f8f2ed61c7aa5a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b6bb334b0e9348887e3e55e1f494b0c3b8fbf59f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cd305ee3633a45fcf5f3a5d83f99f3cb77d87b6e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e22f4494cc9487d326e5e3067f33dea7c1e442b2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.49 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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