Bug 2467229 (CVE-2026-43224)

Summary:	CVE-2026-43224 kernel: io_uring/zcrx: fix sgtable leak on mapping failures
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's io_uring/zcrx subsystem. Under specific conditions, a failure in memory mapping operations can result in a scatter-gather table (sgtable), which manages memory regions, not being properly freed. This memory leak could lead to resource exhaustion and potentially cause system instability or a denial of service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:12:00 UTC

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

io_uring/zcrx: fix sgtable leak on mapping failures

In an unlikely case when io_populate_area_dma() fails, which could only
happen on a PAGE_POOL_32BIT_ARCH_WITH_64BIT_DMA machine,
io_zcrx_map_area() will have an initialised and not freed table. It was
supposed to be cleaned up in the error path, but !is_mapped prevents
that.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-05-06 22:10:39 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050654-CVE-2026-43224-502e@gregkh/T