# CVE-2026-64262: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse-uring: end fuse_req on io-uring cancel task... CVE-2026-64262 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-2045, released August 3, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-64262 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 5.5 (medium) - EPSS: 0.0016 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Jul 25, 2026 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse-uring: end fuse_req on io-uring cancel task work When io_uring delivers task work with tw.cancel set (PF_EXITING, PF_KTHREAD fallback, or percpu_ref_is_dying on the ring context), fuse_uring_send_in_task() takes the cancel branch, assigns -ECANCELED, and falls through to fuse_uring_send(). That path only flips the entry to FRRS_USERSPACE and completes the io_uring cmd; it never discharges the ring entry's owning reference to the fuse_req that fuse_uring_add_req_to_ring_ent() handed it at dispatch time. fuse_uring_send_in_task() tw.cancel == true err = -ECANCELED fuse_uring_send(ent, cmd, err, issue_flags) ent->state = FRRS_USERSPACE list_move(&ent->list, &queue->ent_in_userspace) ent->cmd = NULL io_uring_cmd_done(-ECANCELED) /* ent->fuse_req still set, req still hashed */ The fuse_req stays linked on fpq->processing[hash] and fuse_request_end() is never invoked. The originating syscall thread blocks in D-state in request_wait_answer() until fuse_abort_conn() runs, which can be the entire connection lifetime. For FR_BACKGROUND requests fc->num_background is never decremented either, so repeated cancels inflate the counter until max_background is hit and all later background ops stall. tw.cancel does not imply a connection abort (e.g. a single io_uring worker thread exits while the fuse connection stays up), so this cannot be left for fuse_abort_conn() to clean up. Ending the req but still routing the entry through fuse_uring_send() is not enough: that leaves a req-less entry on ent_in_userspace, and ent_list_request_expired() dereferences ent->fuse_req unconditionally on the head of that list, which would then NULL-deref. Fix the cancel branch to release the entry directly. Remove it from the queue, complete the io_uring cmd, end the fuse_req, free the entry, and drop its queue_refs (waking the teardown waiter if it was the last). ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | bpftool6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-6.18.39-79.141 amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-headers amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra-common amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.1.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64262](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-64262.md) | Aug 7, 2026 | | Linux | microvm-kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.39-79.141.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-2045](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2045.md) | Aug 3, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T00:53:09Z UTC. 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