Local denial of service via untracked poll requests
Published Aug 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Resource leakage in Linux 6.0 through 6.1.6 allows local users to stall io_uring ring exit through crafted poll requests. The __io_arm_poll_handler function returned after a ready edge-triggered one-shot poll request could not finish inline without inserting the request into the internal poll hash, making the request unreachable and leaking it. Successful triggering requires local low-privileged access to create io_uring poll requests and win the relevant poll race; the bounded consequence is a hang during ring teardown rather than data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Resource leakage in Linux 6.0 through 6.1.6 allows local users to stall io_uring ring exit through crafted poll requests. The __io_arm_poll_handler function returned after a ready edge-triggered one-shot poll request could not finish inline without inserting the request into the internal poll hash, making the request unreachable and leaking it. Successful triggering requires local low-privileged access to create io_uring poll requests and win the relevant poll race; the bounded consequence is a hang during ring teardown rather than data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-52914
- Published
- Aug 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-401, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=49f1c68e048f1706b71c8255faf8110113d1cc48 <4ad6c063541665c407d17e1faf2fe4f04e947dcc
- Affected versionversion=49f1c68e048f1706b71c8255faf8110113d1cc48 <febb985c06cb6f5fac63598c0bffd4fd823d110d
- Affected versionversion=6.0
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