CVE-2025-68814 (GCVE-0-2025-68814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 15:29 – Updated: 2026-01-13 15:29
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Title
io_uring: fix filename leak in __io_openat_prep()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix filename leak in __io_openat_prep() __io_openat_prep() allocates a struct filename using getname(). However, for the condition of the file being installed in the fixed file table as well as having O_CLOEXEC flag set, the function returns early. At that point, the request doesn't have REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP flag set. Due to this, the memory for the newly allocated struct filename is not cleaned up, causing a memory leak. Fix this by setting the REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP for the request just after the successful getname() call, so that when the request is torn down, the filename will be cleaned up, along with other resources needing cleanup.
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Linux Linux Affected: b9445598d8c60a1379887b957024b71343965f74 , < 8f44c4a550570cd5903625133f938c6b51310c9b (git)
Affected: b9445598d8c60a1379887b957024b71343965f74 , < 18b99fa603d0df5e1c898699c17d3b92ddc80746 (git)
Affected: b9445598d8c60a1379887b957024b71343965f74 , < e232269d511566b1f80872256a48593acc1becf4 (git)
Affected: b9445598d8c60a1379887b957024b71343965f74 , < 7fbfb85b05bc960cc50e09d03e5e562131e48d45 (git)
Affected: b9445598d8c60a1379887b957024b71343965f74 , < b14fad555302a2104948feaff70503b64c80ac01 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.160 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.120 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.64 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.3 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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