CVE-2026-46315 | io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/waitid: clear waitid info before copying it to userspace IORING_OP_WAITID stores its result fields in struct io_waitid::info and later copies them to userspace siginfo. The prep path initializes the request arguments, but it does not initialize info itself. If the wait operation completes without reporting a child event, the common wait code can return without writing wo_info. In that case io_waitid_finish() still copies iw->info to userspace, exposing stale bytes from the reused io_kiocb command storage. Clear the result storage during prep so the io_uring path matches the regular waitid syscall, which uses a zero-initialized struct waitid_info.

Published: 2026-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-46315 is rated Low Risk (6/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-46315

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.16% +0.14%
2 2026-06-09 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-46315

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-46315

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46315

GHSA-3xr6-r26v-fpqm · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/waitid: clear...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46315

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-46315 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46315
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46315
suse medium CVE-2026-46315 severity moderate: SUSE including 19 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 157 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, … (28 product lines)): Known Not Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46315/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46315 medium priority: Ubuntu including 160 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1440 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1038, ignored 172, released 86, not-affected 79, needed 64, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46315

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46315

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.92 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.18.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 7.0.11 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-46315

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