CVE-2025-71149
kernel: io_uring/poll: correctly handle io_poll_add() return value on update
Severity
UnknownRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · January 23, 2026
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/poll: correctly handle io_poll_add() return value on update
When the core of io_uring was updated to handle completions consistently and with fixed return codes, the POLL_REMOVE opcode with updates got slightly broken. If a POLL_ADD is pending and then POLL_REMOVE is used to update the events of that request, if that update causes the POLL_ADD to now trigger, then that completion is lost and a CQE is never posted.
Additionally, ensure that if an update does cause an existing POLL_ADD to complete, that the completion value isn't always overwritten with -ECANCELED. For that case, whatever io_poll_add() set the value to should just be retained.
Statement
This CVE has been marked as Rejected by the assigning CNA.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE-393 · Return of Wrong Status Code