In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io-wq: Fix memory leak in worker creation
If the CPU mask allocation for a node fails, then the memory allocated for
the 'io_wqe' struct of the current node doesn't get freed on the error
handling path, since it has not yet been added to the 'wqes' array.
This was spotted when fuzzing v6.1-rc1 with Syzkaller:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8880093d5000 (size 1024):
comm "syz-executor.2", pid 7701, jiffies 4295048595 (age 13.900s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<00000000cb463369>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x18e/0x720
[<00000000147a3f9c>] kmalloc_node_trace+0x2a/0x130
[<000000004e107011>] io_wq_create+0x7b9/0xdc0
[<00000000c38b2018>] io_uring_alloc_task_context+0x31e/0x59d
[<00000000867399da>] __io_uring_add_tctx_node.cold+0x19/0x1ba
[<000000007e0e7a79>] io_uring_setup.cold+0x1b80/0x1dce
[<00000000b545e9f6>] __x64_sys_io_uring_setup+0x5d/0x80
[<000000008a8a7508>] do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x90
[<000000004ac08bec>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
- EG Severity
- Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-26). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it