CVE-2026-23259

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rw: free potentially allocated iovec on cache put failure If a read/write request goes through io_req_rw_cleanup() and has an allocated iovec attached and fails to put to the rw_cache, then it may end up with an unaccounted iovec pointer. Have io_rw_recycle() return whether it recycled the request or not, and use that to gauge whether to free a potential iovec or not.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9748055457ac3a0710bf210c229d01ea1b01b9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5f2329ab4df65c2ee011b986d8a6e05ad0f67c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-18

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018