Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-06-24T00:00:00 kernel: io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership() 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CWE-1024

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership() io_poll_get_ownership() uses a signed comparison to check whether poll_refs has reached the threshold for the slowpath: if (unlikely(atomic_read(&req->poll_refs) >= IO_POLL_REF_BIAS)) atomic_read() returns int (signed). When IO_POLL_CANCEL_FLAG (BIT(31)) is set in poll_refs, the value becomes negative in signed arithmetic, so the >= 128 comparison always evaluates to false and the slowpath is never taken. Fix this by casting the atomic_read() result to unsigned int before the comparison, so that the cancel flag is treated as a large positive value and correctly triggers the slowpath.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `io_uring/poll` component. A logic error exists in the `io_poll_get_ownership()` function due to an incorrect signed comparison. This flaw prevents the necessary slowpath from being triggered when the `IO_POLL_CANCEL_FLAG` is set, potentially leading to unexpected behavior or resource mismanagement within the kernel.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52933 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52933 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062433-CVE-2026-52933-815c@gregkh/T