CVE-2026-80920 — io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler

io_req_local_work_add() signals the CQ ring eventfd inline when it is the one to push the first entry onto ->work_list. For DEFER_TASKRUN rings that add is frequently done from a waitqueue wakeup handler, where an arbitrary waitqueue lock is held.

eventfd_signal_mask() only refuses to recurse when current->in_eventfd is set, but that bit is set by eventfd_signal_mask() itself. If the wake chain starts somewhere else, signal goes out inline and can feed back into epoll.

Add IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE, set it on the task_work add done from the three waitqueue callbacks, and use it to force io_eventfd_signal() down the existing call_rcu_hurry() deferral instead of signaling inline.

Most recent entries from all

CVE-2026-80920 — io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler