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CVE-2026-97983: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vduse: return compat ioctl results directly The compat handler handles

CVE-2026-97983 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-25

Executive brief

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vduse: return compat ioctl results directly

The compat handler handles VDUSE_IOTLB_GET_FD and VDUSE_VQ_GET_INFO, but then calls the native handler. Their different command sizes make native dispatch return -ENOIOCTLCMD.

For GET_FD, this overwrites receive_fd()'s return value after the descriptor is installed, leaking one fd per call. Return handled compat results directly and use native dispatch only for other commands.

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