kernel: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC

cve CVE-2026-97618 3 sources, 4 claims · Watch

Red Hat writes:
kernel: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC the claim

Severity they disagree: unknown GitHub advisories
moderate Red Hat
CVSS: 7 Red Hat
Vendor: Linux NVD
Product: Linux NVD
CWE: CWE-805 Red Hat

How far exploitation has got

No public code known
Proof of concept
Proof of concept, verified
A Metasploit module
Exploited in the wild
Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-25	first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't...	GitHub advisories
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC When a recv/recvmsg is issued with MSG_TRUNC and the incoming packet is larger than the provided buffer, the net layer returns the full length of the packet rather than the number of bytes actually copied into the buffer. As a result, io_uring advances more of the provided buffer ring than was actually filled. Use the actual filled region size to consume the buffer, but still return the full size to preserve MSG_TRUNC semantics. Take care with multishot, because that seems to already truncate the consumption based on the available payload size. This was reported in https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1619. [axboe: fold in size_t unsigned fix]	NVD
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: kernel: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC	Red Hat

What it is to other things

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affects	`linux/linux` NVD says “Linux · Linux”
made_by	`linux` NVD says “Linux”

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Red Hat

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Source: Red Hat
Its words: 7.0
Read by: field:cvss3_score
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CVSS vector

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Red Hat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Its words: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Read by: field:cvss3_scoring_vector
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CWE

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Red Hat

CWE-805

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Source: Red Hat
Its words: CWE-805
Read by: field:CWE
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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NVD

Linux

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Source: NVD
Its words: Linux
Read by: field:cve.affected[].affectedData[].product
Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Linux
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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conflict

GitHub advisories

unknown

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Source: GitHub advisories
Said since: 2026-09-26 15:00 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:46 UTC
Original: open at the source

This source has not kept a receipt for this claim yet. The next update that reads it will.

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Severity

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conflict

Red Hat

moderate

A flaw that is harder to exploit, or whose impact is limited.

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Its words: moderate
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Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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Its words: Received
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Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
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Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Linux
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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kernel: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC zetlyn/cve-redhat · 2026-09-25	cvss 7 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cwe CWE-805 severity moderate	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't overconsume buffers when using MSG_TRUNC When a recv/recvmsg is issued with MSG_TRUNC and the incoming packet is larger than the provided buffer, the net layer returns the full length of the packet rather than the number of bytes actually copied into the buffer. As a result, io_uring advances more of the provided buffer ring than was actually filled. Use the actual filled region size to consume the buffer, but still return the full size to preserve MSG_TRUNC semantics. Take care with multishot, because that seems to already truncate the consumption based on the available payload size. This was reported in https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1619. [axboe: fold in size_t unsigned fix] zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-25	product Linux status Received vendor Linux	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: don't... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source