CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40216

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, io_uring/rsrc has an issue with calculating the offset of the first page in a folio after coalescing. The code uses incorrect bit mask logic that does not account for the lack of guaranteed alignment of user pointers.

Risk Assessment

Risk of incorrect asynchronous I/O operations, which could lead to data corruption or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that removes the incorrect bit mask logic. Update the system to a kernel version containing the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: don't rely on user vaddr alignment There is no guaranteed alignment for user pointers, however the calculation of an offset of the first page into a folio after coalescing uses some weird bit mask logic, get rid of it.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS