Unscored severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-99096
io_uring/register: don't exempt disabled rings from task restrictions
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/register: don't exempt disabled rings from task restrictions
A ring created with IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED is exempt from its register
restrictions until it is enabled. This lets the creator register the
restrictions and then enable the ring with IORING_REGISTER_ENABLE_RINGS,
whether or not that opcode is in the allowed set.
Since commit ed82f35b926b ("io_uring: allow registration of per-task
restrictions"), a ring also inherits restrictions from the task that
creates it, and the same exemption applies to those. A task whose
register opcodes are restricted can therefore create a disabled ring,
issue any register opcode on it, and then enable it.
Mark rings whose restrictions were inherited from the task, and keep
checking register opcodes for them while the ring is disabled. Enabling
such a ring now requires IORING_REGISTER_ENABLE_RINGS to be in the
task's allowed set. Per-ring restrictions registered on a disabled ring
work as before.
[axboe: amend with inheritance flag fixup]
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
ed82f35b926b2e505c14b7006473614b8f58b4f4 before f55c240192ded562386de843bfa067671d2731d5; ed82f35b926b2e505c14b7006473614b8f58b4f4 before 6da8f402e362b2f546e2efb7167fc9597aef6faf; 7.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99096
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99096
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6da8f402e362b2f546e2efb7167fc9597aef6faf
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55c240192ded562386de843bfa067671d2731d5
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