# CVE-2026-80859: fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.51, 7.2.3
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 3393ff964e0fa5def66570c54a4612bf9df06b76, fixed in 8974575898cd7a4c818088f102b2e7a0286d3302; from 3393ff964e0fa5def66570c54a4612bf9df06b76, fixed in dd9c835709f4bb3e4256eea7573e4e6e18f956de; from 3393ff964e0fa5def66570c54a4612bf9df06b76, fixed in edb310bc27f0ad83e7fd558a3caf1a94ca511654
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness fuse_block_alloc() reads fch->initialized and then fch->io_uring. fch->io_uring is set before fch->initialized, ordered by the smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_intialized(), but fuse_block_alloc() has no matching read barrier between the two loads. This may lead a CPU to observe fch->initialized=1 but fch->io_uring=0, and skip the check that blocks request allocation until the io-uring queues are ready. This can reintroduce the lock-order inversion deadlock that commit 3393ff964e0f prevents. Add an smp_rmb() barrier to pair with the smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_initialized() to prevent this.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8974575898cd7a4c818088f102b2e7a0286d3302
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9c835709f4bb3e4256eea7573e4e6e18f956de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb310bc27f0ad83e7fd558a3caf1a94ca511654

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