CVE-2025-40047

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/waitid: always prune wait queue entry in io_waitid_wait() For a successful return, always remove our entry from the wait queue entry list. Previously this was skipped if a cancelation was in progress, but this can race with another invocation of the wait queue entry callback.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-10-28

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f8229d53d984c6a05b71ac9e9583d4354e3b91f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e2205db2f0608898d535da1964e1b376aacfdaa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/696ba6032081e617564a8113a001b8d7943cb928

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