io_uring: fix task_work add use-after-free with SQPOLL
For SQPOLL, the sqpoll thread runs task_work off its own list and
doesn't need to be told about it, so it can pop and complete a request
as soon as mpscq_push() has published it. If that was the last request
holding the ring alive, io_ring_exit_work() then frees the ctx, stops
the thread, and with it the tctx, while io_req_normal_work_add() is
still looking at both after the push:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in io_req_normal_work_add+0x439/0x510
Read of size 4 at addr ff11000000ca0000 by task repro/55
(...)
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in queue_work_on+0x25/0x70
Write of size 8 at addr ff11000000c3bd00 by task repro/55
Hold an RCU read lock across the add, like io_req_local_work_add() already
does, and have io_ring_exit_work() wait for a grace period for SQPOLL rings
as well before freeing the ctx.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-416 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix task_work add use-after-free with SQPOLL For SQPOLL, the sqpoll thread runs task_work off its own list and doesn't need to be told about it, so it can pop and complete a request as soon as mpscq_push() has published it. If that was the last request holding the ring alive, io_ring_exit_work() then frees the ctx, stops the thread, and with it the tctx, while io_req_normal_work_add() is still looking at both after the push: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in io_req_normal_work_add+0x439/0x510 Read of size 4 at addr ff11000000ca0000 by task repro/55 (...) BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in queue_work_on+0x25/0x70 Write of size 8 at addr ff11000000c3bd00 by task repro/55 Hold an RCU read lock across the add, like io_req_local_work_add() already does, and have io_ring_exit_work() wait for a grace period for SQPOLL rings as well before freeing the ctx. | |
| Title | io_uring: fix task_work add use-after-free with SQPOLL | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:51:19.578Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.376Z
Link: CVE-2026-98858
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:40.257
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:40.257
Link: CVE-2026-98858
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