iio: event: Fix event FIFO reset race (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: event: Fix event FIFO reset race `iio_event_getfd()` creates the event file descriptor with `anon_inode_getfd()`, which allocates a new fd, creates the anonymous file and installs it in the process fd table before returning to the caller. The IIO code resets the event FIFO after `anon_inode_getfd()` has returned, but before `IIO_GET_EVENT_FD_IOCTL` has copied the fd number to userspace. But since fd tables are shared between threads, another thread can guess the newly allocated fd number and issue a `read()` on it as soon as the fd has been installed. This means the `kfifo_to_user()` in `iio_event_chrdev_read()` can run in parallel with the `kfifo_reset_out()` in `iio_event_getfd()`. The kfifo documentation says that `kfifo_reset_out()` is only safe when it is called from the reader thread and there is only one concurrent reader. Otherwise it is dangerous and must be handled in the same way as `kfifo_reset()`. If that happens, `kfifo_to_user()` can advance the FIFO `out` index based on state from before the reset, after the reset has already moved the `out` index to the current `in` index. That can leave the FIFO with an `out` index past the `in` index. A later `read()` can then see an underflowed FIFO length and copy more data than the event FIFO buffer contains. This can result in an out-of-bounds read and leak adjacent kernel memory to userspace. Move the FIFO reset before `anon_inode_getfd()`. At that point the event fd is marked busy, but the new fd has not been installed yet, so userspace cannot access it while the FIFO is reset.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dc84ba4be5bbeb29ee49efe6cea2cb32c461424
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16a702ca7d29c0b7a9b509339d1b044a1cadb32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13ef1adbc62085b21b546b07b0be7e2fbf52150
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4a646d7f87ea3625fafe387043fddc6a2f5e7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c6aa8e0d74eab91b8694cde97dec088c248fee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9edefd4c56bee3fe331e0355d1f10a533134999d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f187dc5a4c4846ffa07d9bda6e760837ed005574
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af791d295737ea6b6ff2c8d8488462a49c14af01
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-48840
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-64496
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1256 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1255 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1229 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1203 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1202 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1164 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1162 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1031 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1028 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0982 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < 9dc84ba4be5bbeb29ee49efe6cea2cb32c461424 ; affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < d16a702ca7d29c0b7a9b509339d1b044a1cadb32 ; affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < a13ef1adbc62085b21b546b07b0be7e2fbf52150 ; affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < 0d4a646d7f87ea3625fafe387043fddc6a2f5e7f ; affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < 72c6aa8e0d74eab91b8694cde97dec088c248fee ; affected b91accafbb1031b80d22ad83576877ff2f8b4774 < 9edefd4c56bee3fe331e0355d1f10a533134999d |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.15 ; unaffected 0 < 3.15 ; unaffected 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |