CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53321

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's io_uring/napi subsystem, there was no cap on the maximum polling time when no events were found, which could trigger kernel complaints about a stuck task due to missing conditional rescheduling. A 10 ms limit has been added to prevent this issue.

Risk Assessment

The lack of polling time limit can cause task hangs and kernel complaints about stuck processes, leading to system instability and potential service disruptions.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit limiting busy_poll to 10 ms) and reboot the system to apply it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/napi: cap busy_poll_to 10 msec Currently there's no cap on the maximum amount of time that napi is allowed to poll if no events are found, which can lead to kernel complaints on a task being stuck as there's no conditional rescheduling done within that loop. Just cap it to 10 msec in total, that's already way above any kind of sane value that will reap any benefits, yet low enough that it's nowhere near being able to trigger preemption complaints.

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