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io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace IORING_OP_WAITID stores its result fields in struct io_waitid::info and later copies them to userspace siginfo. The prep path initializes the request arguments, but it does not initialize info itself. If the wait operation completes without reporting a child event, the common wait code can return without writing wo_info. In that case io_waitid_finish() still copies iw->info to userspace, exposing stale bytes from the reused io_kiocb command storage. Clear the result storage during prep so the io_uring path matches the regular waitid syscall, which uses a zero-initialized struct waitid_info.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11
CVEs
CVE-2026-46315
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 19:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2026, 07:38 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace IORING_OP_WAITID stores its result fields in struct io_waitid::info and later copies them to userspace siginfo. The prep path initializes the request arguments, but it does not initialize info itself. If the wait operation completes without reporting a child event, the common wait code can return without writing wo_info. In that case io_waitid_finish() still copies iw->info to userspace, exposing stale bytes from the reused io_kiocb command storage. Clear the result storage during prep so the io_uring path matches the regular waitid syscall, which uses a zero-initialized struct waitid_info.

osv:CVE-2026-46315

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11

Complete source record
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