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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-23259

| EUVD-2026-12892
2026-03-18 Linux

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 18, 2026 - 18:00 euvd
EUVD-2026-12892
Analysis Generated
Mar 18, 2026 - 18:00 vuln.today
CVE Published
Mar 18, 2026 - 17:41 nvd
N/A

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

A memory management vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's io_uring subsystem where allocated iovec buffers may fail to be properly freed when a read/write request cannot be recycled back to the rw_cache. This affects all Linux kernel versions with the vulnerable io_uring/rw code path, potentially allowing local attackers to trigger memory leaks that degrade system performance or enable denial of service conditions. …

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Vendor StatusVendor

Debian

linux
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bullseye vulnerable 5.10.223-1 -
bullseye (security) vulnerable 5.10.251-1 -
bookworm vulnerable 6.1.159-1 -
bookworm (security) vulnerable 6.1.164-1 -
trixie vulnerable 6.12.73-1 -
trixie (security) vulnerable 6.12.74-2 -
forky fixed 6.19.6-2 -
sid fixed 6.19.8-1 -
(unstable) fixed 6.18.10-1 -

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CVE-2026-23259 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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