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CVE-2026-64262MEDIUM
Linux Linux — fuse-uring: end fuse_req on io-uring cancel task work
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0015    5.0     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    c2c9af9a0b13261c36909036057a116f2edb5e1a –  —
  Linux    6.14 –                                      6.18.39
TIMELINE
  Jul 19  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 25  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 17  ENRICHED — CVE-2026-64262 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse-uring: end fuse_req on io-uring cancel task work When io_uring delivers task work with tw.cancel set (PF_EXITING, PF_KTHREAD fallback, or percpu_ref_is_dying on the ring context), fuse_uring_send_in_task() takes the cancel branch, assigns -ECANCELED, and falls through to fuse_uring_send(). That path only flips the entry to FRRS_USERSPACE and completes the io_uring cmd; it never discharges the ring entry's owning reference to the fuse_req that fuse_uring_add_req_to_ring_ent() handed it at dispatch time. fuse_uring_send_in_task() tw.cancel == true err = -ECANCELED fuse_uring_send(ent, cmd, err, issue_flags) ent->state = FRRS_USERSPACE list_move(&ent->list, &queue->ent_in_userspace) ent->cmd = NULL io_uring_cmd_done(-ECANCELED) /* ent->fuse_req still set, req still hashed */ The fuse_req stays linked on fpq->processing[hash] and fuse_request_end() is never invoked. The originating syscall thread blocks in D-state in request_wait_answer() until fuse_abort_conn() runs, which can be the entire connection lifetime. For FR_BACKGROUND requests fc->num_background is never decremented either, so repeated cancels inflate the counter until max_background is hit and all later background ops stall. tw.cancel does not imply a connection abort (e.g. a single io_uring worker thread exits while the fuse connection stays up), so this cannot be left for fuse_abort_conn() to clean up. Ending the req but still routing the entry through fuse_uring_send() is not enough: that leaves a req-less entry on ent_in_userspace, and ent_list_request_expired() dereferences ent->fuse_req unconditionally on the head of that list, which would then NULL-deref. Fix the cancel branch to release the entry directly. Remove it from the queue, complete the io_uring cmd, end the fuse_req, free the entry, and drop its queue_refs (waking the teardown waiter if it was the last).

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
July 19, 2026ReservedReserved by Linux
July 25, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 17, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2026-64262 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxc2c9af9a0b13261c36909036057a116f2edb5e1a
LinuxLinux6.146.18.39

References (3)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-64262 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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