CVE-2025-39816

io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025

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Description

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

io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths

Since the buffers are mapped from userspace, it is prudent to use READ_ONCE() to read the value into a local variable, and use that for any other actions taken. Having a stable read of the buffer length avoids worrying about it changing after checking, or being read multiple times.

Similarly, the buffer may well change in between it being picked and being committed. Ensure the looping for incremental ring buffer commit stops if it hits a zero sized buffer, as no further progress can be made at that point.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • ae98dbf43d755b4e111fcd086e53939bef3e9a1a to before 695673eb5711ee5eb1769481cf1503714716a7d1Affected
  • ae98dbf43d755b4e111fcd086e53939bef3e9a1a to before 91f262ea2a76a02d9e37dba6637cfe6feebb20a8Affected
  • ae98dbf43d755b4e111fcd086e53939bef3e9a1a to before 390a61d284e1ced088d43928dfcf6f86fffdd780Affected
  • ae98dbf43d755b4e111fcd086e53939bef3e9a1a to before 98b6fa62c84f2e129161e976a5b9b3cb4ccd117bAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.12Affected
  • before 6.12Not affected
  • 6.12.49 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.12.81 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.16.5 through 6.16.*Not affected
  • 6.17 and laterNot affected

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