CVE-2026-90044
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_fs: Fix Use-After-Free in AIO error path In ffs_epfile_write_iter() and ffs_epfile_read_iter(), when ffs_epfile_io() fails with an error other than -EIOCBQUEUED, the io_data structure (`p`) is freed. However, for AIO operations, the kiocb cancel function was already armed and kiocb->private was set to `p`. If a concurrent cancel operation (such as sys_io_cancel()) executes after ffs_epfile_io() fails but before the function frees `p`, a Use-After-Free can occur when the cancellation handler accesses the freed pointer. To securely fix this race condition, we must properly un-arm the cancellation. Invoking `kiocb->ki_complete()` does exactly this by acquiring `ctx->ctx_lock` and safely removing the kiocb from the active sequence. In doing so, it ensures that a parallel io_cancel can no longer discover the kiocb, effectively closing the race window. We then return -EIOCBQUEUED to notify the VFS layer that the kiocb has been consumed and it should avoid attempting to complete the request again or triggering subsequent completion handlers.
How to fix
- Linux Linux922a29e1f8573fd405eea1a73a52112c4e7fcfc4, 0a2f71ccf9c2053de725e9a7922d081f3f3a3804, b5f0e80a03e87bd932487e03248eae3ba3ed7b45, 153b5ecd29ed055562400bc17c91df3fd869b0ce, 4a2fb2d12b87b43724230abb52a1440617c7b6cc, e78dcb1f7ec271449c54984dc90c62a5ba272de7 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < 922a29e1f8573fd405eea1a73a52112c4e7fcfc4, de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < 0a2f71ccf9c2053de725e9a7922d081f3f3a3804, de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < b5f0e80a03e87bd932487e03248eae3ba3ed7b45, de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < 153b5ecd29ed055562400bc17c91df3fd869b0ce, de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < 4a2fb2d12b87b43724230abb52a1440617c7b6cc, de2080d41b5d584205e408d72021f0f335a046fc ≤ v < e78dcb1f7ec271449c54984dc90c62a5ba272de7, 4.0 | 922a29e1f8573fd405eea1a73a52112c4e7fcfc4, 0a2f71ccf9c2053de725e9a7922d081f3f3a3804, b5f0e80a03e87bd932487e03248eae3ba3ed7b45, 153b5ecd29ed055562400bc17c91df3fd869b0ce, 4a2fb2d12b87b43724230abb52a1440617c7b6cc, e78dcb1f7ec271449c54984dc90c62a5ba272de7 |
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