Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Mar 18, 2026 17:41:05 UTC
CVE-2026-23259
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.
Base scoreN/A/ 10
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CVE Numbering AuthorityLinux
Last updatedNov 5, 2026 21:33:34 UTC
PublishedMar 18, 2026 17:41:05 UTC
ReservedJan 13, 2026 15:37:45 UTC