In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: reject polled dio with user integrity metadata
IOCB_HAS_METADATA leaves iocb->private as a uio_meta, while
iocb_bio_iopoll() expects a bio. Since 2729a60bbfb9, metadata I/O
always uses __blkdev_direct_IO(), which never publishes the bio for
polling, so IOPOLL calls bio_poll() on the uio_meta.
Reproducer: io_uring IOPOLL plus a PI attribute on an integrity device
(scsi_debug dif=1 dix=1). KASAN reports:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical
address 0xdffffc0000000004
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
[0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
RIP: 0010:bio_poll+0x9d/0x4b0
Call Trace:
iocb_bio_iopoll+0x5b/0x80
io_uring_classic_poll+0xf3/0x140
io_do_iopoll+0x4e3/0xc00
io_iopoll_check+0x275/0x560
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x2e5/0x720
Return -EOPNOTSUPP when HIPRI is combined with user metadata.
block: reject polled dio with user integrity metadata
IOCB_HAS_METADATA leaves iocb->private as a uio_meta, while
iocb_bio_iopoll() expects a bio. Since 2729a60bbfb9, metadata I/O
always uses __blkdev_direct_IO(), which never publishes the bio for
polling, so IOPOLL calls bio_poll() on the uio_meta.
Reproducer: io_uring IOPOLL plus a PI attribute on an integrity device
(scsi_debug dif=1 dix=1). KASAN reports:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical
address 0xdffffc0000000004
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
[0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
RIP: 0010:bio_poll+0x9d/0x4b0
Call Trace:
iocb_bio_iopoll+0x5b/0x80
io_uring_classic_poll+0xf3/0x140
io_do_iopoll+0x4e3/0xc00
io_iopoll_check+0x275/0x560
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x2e5/0x720
Return -EOPNOTSUPP when HIPRI is combined with user metadata.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: reject polled dio with user integrity metadata IOCB_HAS_METADATA leaves iocb->private as a uio_meta, while iocb_bio_iopoll() expects a bio. Since 2729a60bbfb9, metadata I/O always uses __blkdev_direct_IO(), which never publishes the bio for polling, so IOPOLL calls bio_poll() on the uio_meta. Reproducer: io_uring IOPOLL plus a PI attribute on an integrity device (scsi_debug dif=1 dix=1). KASAN reports: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000004 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027] RIP: 0010:bio_poll+0x9d/0x4b0 Call Trace: iocb_bio_iopoll+0x5b/0x80 io_uring_classic_poll+0xf3/0x140 io_do_iopoll+0x4e3/0xc00 io_iopoll_check+0x275/0x560 __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x2e5/0x720 Return -EOPNOTSUPP when HIPRI is combined with user metadata. | |
| Title | block: reject polled dio with user integrity metadata | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:49:13.154Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.372Z
Link: CVE-2026-98821
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:36.337
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:36.337
Link: CVE-2026-98821
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