[SRU][N][PATCH 1/1] io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure

Massimiliano Pellizzer massimiliano.pellizzer at canonical.com
Wed Nov 26 10:50:20 UTC 2025


From: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>

The io_futex_data is allocated upfront and assigned to the io_kiocb
async_data field, but the request isn't marked with REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA
at that point. Those two should always go together, as the flag tells
io_uring whether the field is valid or not.

Additionally, on failure cleanup, the futex handler frees the data but
does not clear ->async_data. Clear the data and the flag in the error
path as well.

Thanks to Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative and particularly ReDress for
reporting this.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 194bb58c6090 ("io_uring: add support for futex wake and wait")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
(cherry picked from commit 508c1314b342b78591f51c4b5dadee31a88335df)
CVE-2025-39698
Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer at canonical.com>
---
 io_uring/futex.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/io_uring/futex.c b/io_uring/futex.c
index f85202cba2cca..e04b714acef16 100644
--- a/io_uring/futex.c
+++ b/io_uring/futex.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ int io_futex_wait(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		goto done_unlock;
 	}
 
+	req->flags |= REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA;
 	req->async_data = ifd;
 	ifd->q = futex_q_init;
 	ifd->q.bitset = iof->futex_mask;
@@ -365,6 +366,8 @@ int io_futex_wait(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
+	req->async_data = NULL;
+	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA;
 	kfree(ifd);
 	return IOU_OK;
 }
-- 
2.51.0




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