CVE-2026-99130: io_uring/cancel: don't spin on local work the task can't run
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 3005459e0ddfcef0f555b6e81f672f2c49a1c0aa, 64e196a6d7173667a2a0fe2f191bc64eecd07778, 8a241d7ca23be2695a1fbe587ee12eae061c31af; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3005459e0ddfcef0f555b6e81f672f2c49a1c0aa, 64e196a6d7173667a2a0fe2f191bc64eecd07778, 8a241d7ca23be2695a1fbe587ee12eae061c31af; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/cancel: don't spin on local work the task can't run io_uring_cancel_generic() refuses to sleep while any ring on the exiting task's tctx has local work pending. It assumes the task is that ring's submitter and that the next io_uring_try_cancel_requests() pass will run the work. This does not hold for a ring that was still IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED when the task got its tctx node from io_uring_create() or io_ringfd_register(). The submitter is set later by IORING_REGISTER_ENABLE_RINGS, possibly from another task, and only the submitter may run local work on an IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN ring. To the exiting task the work stays pending forever, the loop never reaches schedule(), and the task trips the WARN_ON_ONCE() once and then spins in do_exit(). An unprivileged user can set this up at will by creating a disabled ring, having a child enable it and stop, posting to the ring with IORING_OP_MSG_RING and exiting with a request in flight that only the child can complete. The exiting thread burns a CPU until the child runs or dies, and with panic_on_warn set the WARN panics the kernel. Fix by skipping the sleep only when io_allowed_defer_tw_run() allows the task to run the work. This is reasonable since work it cannot run cannot complete any of its requests either, so nothing is lost by sleeping. Drop the WARN_ON_ONCE() since handing a disabled ring to another thread is a supported scenario, not a bug state.
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Versions reported by the vendor
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Linux Linux
- 6.4affected
- 360cd42c4e95ff06d8d7b0a54e42236c7e7c187f and later · before 64e196a6d7173667a2a0fe2f191bc64eecd07778affected · git
- 360cd42c4e95ff06d8d7b0a54e42236c7e7c187f and later · before 8a241d7ca23be2695a1fbe587ee12eae061c31afaffected · git
- 360cd42c4e95ff06d8d7b0a54e42236c7e7c187f and later · before 94d13387b96e50a4288f7bbdfe401189246a11a1affected · git
- 360cd42c4e95ff06d8d7b0a54e42236c7e7c187f and later · before 3005459e0ddfcef0f555b6e81f672f2c49a1c0aaaffected · git
- 360cd42c4e95ff06d8d7b0a54e42236c7e7c187f and later · before fddcf4c5321b3ea5f72166c3fd36a9d1c34f80c7affected · git
- before 6.4not affected · semver
- 6.6.161 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.115 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.59 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.115-2 | 6.12.115-2 |
| Debian:14 | linux | from 0 | — |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99128Oct 28, 2026 · sctp: validate chunk length in the inqueue parser0Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-99129Oct 28, 2026 · selinux: fix BPF token permission checks0Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-99131Oct 28, 2026 · xfs: fix capability check in xfs32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 3005459e0ddfcef0f555b6e81f672f2c49a1c0aa | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 64e196a6d7173667a2a0fe2f191bc64eecd07778 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8a241d7ca23be2695a1fbe587ee12eae061c31af | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 94d13387b96e50a4288f7bbdfe401189246a11a1 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fddcf4c5321b3ea5f72166c3fd36a9d1c34f80c7 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.115-2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 5, 2026+8 d
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Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1423 · Oct 30, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
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Weakness class (CWE)
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References
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