CVE-2024-26764: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/aio: Restrict kiocb_set_cancel_fn() to I/O submitted via libaio If kiocb_set_cancel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/aio: Restrict kiocb_set_cancel_fn() to I/O submitted via libaio If kiocb_set_cancel_fn(

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/aio: Restrict kiocb_set_cancel_fn() to I/O submitted via libaio If kiocb_set_cancel_fn() is called for I/O submitted via io_uring, the following kernel warning appears: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 368 at fs/aio.c:598 kiocb_set_cancel_fn+0x9c/0xa8 Call trace: kiocb_set_cancel_fn+0x9c/0xa8 ffs_epfile_read_iter+0x144/0x1d0 io_read+0x19c/0x498 io_issue_sqe+0x118/0x27c io_submit_sqes+0x25c/0x5fc __arm64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x104/0xab0 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x11c el0_svc_common+0xb4/0xf4 do_el0_svc+0x2c/0xb0 el0_svc+0x2c/0xa4 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xb4 el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 Fix this by setting the IOCB_AIO_RW flag for read and write I/O that is submitted by libaio.

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.25%, higher than 16% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 12, 2026, updated daily.

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