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CVE-2025-40216 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: don't rely on user vaddr alignment There is no guaranteed alignment for user pointers, however the calculation of an offset of the first page into a folio after coalescing uses some weird bit mask logic, get rid of it.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3c6d61577dbb23c09df3e21f6f9eda1ecd634b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50998b0ae7d9d552e96d8b7239981cf05f65eff5 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16769241594be59387b56ab525e327f54377e60 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-40216
NVD Published Date:
12/04/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/04/2025
Source:
kernel.org