Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53191
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in io_uring bundle recv handling in io_uring/net when processing bundle recv retries with provided buffer rings in incremental mode. A local user can trigger partial buffer consumption across retry iterations to cause a denial of service.
Userspace may wrongly advance the ring head past an entry the kernel still uses.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53191
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13