| Name | CVE-2026-71226 |
| Description | Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1143974 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libkcapi (PTS) | bookworm, trixie | 1.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 1.5.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libkcapi | source | (unstable) | 1.5.1-1 | | | 1143974 |
Notes
[trixie] - libkcapi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - libkcapi <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114
Fixed by: https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/commit/cd966ffa08cf605ae5853d2f9a42fdd2b6df8bb4 (v1.5.1)