# CVE-2024-53187: io\_uring: check for overflows in io\_pin\_pages

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.11.11, 6.12.2
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.1.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.11.11; from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.12.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: check for overflows in io_pin_pages WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5834 at io_uring/memmap.c:144 io_pin_pages+0x149/0x180 io_uring/memmap.c:144 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5834 Comm: syz-executor825 Not tainted 6.12.0-next-20241118-syzkaller #0 Call Trace: <TASK> __io_uaddr_map+0xfb/0x2d0 io_uring/memmap.c:183 io_rings_map io_uring/io_uring.c:2611 [inline] io_allocate_scq_urings+0x1c0/0x650 io_uring/io_uring.c:3470 io_uring_create+0x5b5/0xc00 io_uring/io_uring.c:3692 io_uring_setup io_uring/io_uring.c:3781 [inline] ... </TASK> io_pin_pages()'s uaddr parameter came directly from the user and can be garbage. Don't just add size to it as it can overflow.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1938217aee05be1c1dc53f581a3c353d033b508
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0aecabff72a95d240e6d7645949bfe0620dcd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eac3eca72d4c2a71122050c37cd7d8f73ac4f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa90844afd499c9142d0199dfda74439314c013
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c0a4eae26ac78379d0c1db053de168a8febc6c9

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