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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-31774 EUVD-2026-26587GHSA-w3xc-h2ch-2q3q

io_uring/net: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in io_bundle_nbufs()

Published May 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

io_uring/net: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in io_bundle_nbufs()

sqe->len is __u32 but gets stored into sr->len which is int. When
userspace passes sqe->len values exceeding INT_MAX (e.g. 0xFFFFFFFF),
sr->len overflows to a negative value. This negative value propagates
through the bundle recv/send path:

1. io_recv(): sel.val = sr->len (ssize_t gets -1)
2. io_recv_buf_select(): arg.max_len = sel->val (size_t gets
0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
3. io_ring_buffers_peek(): buf->len is not clamped because max_len
is astronomically large
4. iov[].iov_len = 0xFFFFFFFF flows into io_bundle_nbufs()
5. io_bundle_nbufs(): min_t(int, 0xFFFFFFFF, ret) yields -1,
causing ret to increase instead of decrease, creating an
infinite loop that reads past the allocated iov[] array

This results in a slab-out-of-bounds read in io_bundle_nbufs() from
the kmalloc-64 slab, as nbufs increments past the allocated iovec
entries.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in io_bundle_nbufs+0x128/0x160
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888100ae05c8 by task exp/145
Call Trace:
io_bundle_nbufs+0x128/0x160
io_recv_finish+0x117/0xe20
io_recv+0x2db/0x1160

Fix this by rejecting negative sr->len values early in both
io_sendmsg_prep() and io_recvmsg_prep(). Since sqe->len is __u32,
any value > INT_MAX indicates overflow and is not a valid length.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.10 6.12.81

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.19.12-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.85-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia 7.0.0-1006.6 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2482-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1.150700.17.35.4 SUSE-SU-2026:2482-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-obs-build 6.4.0-150700.53.60.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2482-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.35.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16 SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.35.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22099-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16 SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16 SUSE-SU-2026:22112-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.35.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22117-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22112-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2482-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_16 1-150700.1.5.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2591-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_16 1-150700.15.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2482-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-150700.7.59.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2591-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-syms-rt 6.4.0-150700.7.59.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2591-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16 openSUSE-SU-2026:20965-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.35.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20965-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-52.107 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1746, ALAS2023-2026-1695
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +11 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.18 +11 1:6.18.25-52.107.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1746

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372

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