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CVE-2026-52933

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership() io_poll_get_ownership() uses a signed comparison to check whether poll_refs has reached the threshold for the slowpath: if (unlikely(atomic_read(&req->poll_refs) >= IO_POLL_REF_BIAS)) atomic_read() returns int (signed). When IO_POLL_CANCEL_FLAG (BIT(31)) is set in poll_refs, the value becomes negative in signed arithmetic, so the >= 128 comparison always evaluates to false and the slowpath is never taken. Fix this by casting the atomic_read() result to unsigned int before the comparison, so that the cancel flag is treated as a large positive value and correctly triggers the slowpath.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-52933
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-24 07:14 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-24 07:14 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea < 81bf96b0abbfa4cd47ea32e12596aed3855fb2f3, a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea < cf522703d4f194991615763697ae25a3f9539763, a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea < fc47043f3d9af3efa407665b47f8378ec691ba18, a26a35e9019fd70bf3cf647dcfdae87abc7bacea < ea0697129807d718037f618221037aa0660ee3c5 …
Linux Linux 6.1, 0 < 6.1, 6.1.175 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.140 ≤ 6.6.* …
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