io_uring/net: don't retry recv on uncommitted buffers
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 6.12.115, 6.7, 6.16, 6.17
- Who is exposed
- Specific setups only
Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. Receive is retried after a partial transfer into an incrementally consumed ring-provided buffer (IOU_PBUF_RING_INC) Receive is retried after a partial transfer into a multi-buffer bundle
- Exploitation?/40Exploitation: unknown (data gap). No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure5/25Specific setups only
- Reach20/20Affects Linux kernel (software on nearly every server, desktop or phone)
- Severity7.8/10CVSS 7.8
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 83 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 78 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 43 if CISA's SSVC rates it automatable
CVE-2026-99264 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.8 (high) and affects Linux; fixed in 6.12.115, 6.7, 6.16 and 1 more.
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- Published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 33/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Fix
- Fixed in 6.12.115, 6.7, 6.16, 6.17
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Linux kernel's io_uring networking receive path is affected. A flaw in how it retries partial receives into shared provided buffers can let one request overwrite data belonging to another, and can hand out buffer memory that is still in use, which may corrupt data or expose it to other requests.
Read the original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't retry recv on uncommitted buffers Commit 41b70df5b38b ("io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry") commits ring provided buffers when a receive is going to be retried after a partial transfer, so that another request using the same buffer group can't be handed the memory the first one keeps receiving into. It commits the number of bytes received so far. That does the job for a single buffer which is consumed as a whole, but the request hangs on to all it has mapped: • For a buffer ring with IOU_PBUF_RING_INC only these bytes are consumed. The rest of the buffer stays at the head of the ring. • For a bundle only the buffers which hold these bytes are consumed, the others that were peeked stay in the ring. In both cases the next receive with that buffer group gets memory that the retried request is still going to write to, and whoever comes last overwrites the data of the other. What the retry fills isn't committed at all, as the buffer list isn't known any more at that point. So the kernel hands it out again later on, while the CQE tells the application that it was used, and for an incremental buffer that it is done with. The remainder can't be committed in advance: if the request ends up receiving less, there is no way to tell the application that more was consumed than the CQE accounts for. Complete the request with what it has got instead of retrying it. MSG_WAITALL is no longer honoured for receives into incremental buffers or multi buffer bundles, they can return a short count, with the request marked as failed like for other short MSG_WAITALL transfers.
What to do
Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.
Receive is retried after a partial transfer into an incrementally consumed ring-provided buffer (IOU_PBUF_RING_INC) Receive is retried after a partial transfer into a multi-buffer bundleUpgrade to a fixed version: 6.12.115, 6.7, 6.16, 6.17.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- Record last updated
- Posted on X by cve.now
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
From 6.12.44 · fixed in 6.12.115; From 6.6.103 · fixed in 6.7; From 6.15.11 · fixed in 6.16; From 6.16.2 · fixed in 6.17
- Linux Linux
6.17
Evidence 4
- Link
- Link
- Link
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
Something wrong on this page? Report an error. Every fix is listed here.
Questions about CVE-2026-99264
Is CVE-2026-99264 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
What does this mean?
A receive that only partly filled a ring-provided buffer is retried, but the buffers it still uses can be handed out again from the same buffer group. Two requests can then overwrite each other's data.Source: git.kernel.org
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-99264?
Linux: from 6.12.44 before 6.12.115; from 6.6.103 before 6.7; from 6.15.11 before 6.16; from 6.16.2 before 6.17. Linux: version 6.17.Source: cve.now feed data
Am I affected, and how do I check?
The listed ranges are Linux kernels 6.6.103 to before 6.7, 6.12.44 to before 6.12.115, 6.15.11 to before 6.16, and 6.16.2 to before 6.17. The bug needs io_uring receives into buffers used with IOU_PBUF_RING_INC or multi-buffer bundles. Check the running kernel version with uname -r and whether the application uses these io_uring features.Source: git.kernel.org
How do I fix CVE-2026-99264?
The checked facts do not name a fixed kernel release, so no upgrade target can be given from them. Check the kernel vendor's or the upstream stable advisory for the release that includes the fix for your branch.Source: git.kernel.org