CVE-2026-64262

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That path only\nflips the entry to FRRS_USERSPACE and completes the io_uring cmd;\nit never discharges the ring entry's owning reference to the\nfuse_req that fuse_uring_add_req_to_ring_ent() handed it at\ndispatch time.\n\n fuse_uring_send_in_task()\n tw.cancel == true\n err = -ECANCELED\n fuse_uring_send(ent, cmd, err, issue_flags)\n ent->state = FRRS_USERSPACE\n list_move(&ent->list, &queue->ent_in_userspace)\n ent->cmd = NULL\n io_uring_cmd_done(-ECANCELED)\n /* ent->fuse_req still set, req still hashed */\n\nThe fuse_req stays linked on fpq->processing[hash] and\nfuse_request_end() is never invoked. The originating syscall\nthread blocks in D-state in request_wait_answer() until\nfuse_abort_conn() runs, which can be the entire connection\nlifetime. For FR_BACKGROUND requests fc->num_background is never\ndecremented either, so repeated cancels inflate the counter until\nmax_background is hit and all later background ops stall. tw.cancel does\nnot imply a connection abort (e.g. a single io_uring worker thread exits\nwhile the fuse connection stays up), so this cannot be left for\nfuse_abort_conn() to clean up.\n\nEnding the req but still routing the entry through fuse_uring_send()\nis not enough: that leaves a req-less entry on ent_in_userspace, and\nent_list_request_expired() dereferences ent->fuse_req unconditionally\non the head of that list, which would then NULL-deref.\n\nFix the cancel branch to release the entry directly. Remove it from the\nqueue, complete the io_uring cmd, end the fuse_req, free the entry, and\ndrop its queue_refs (waking the teardown waiter if it was the last)."}], "id": "CVE-2026-64262", "lastModified": "2026-08-17T05:17:24.950", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2026-07-25T10:17:06.350", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f45f276d5b4412eade6f74f2e37f3adba0473ed"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb476ef8e1027a9d509fbaaf81f5061a07e9e5a7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea4fe98204b6ce7eb8e29f7bf867dd7619b3ddd"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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