BaseFortify

Executive Summary

This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's io_uring resource management involves improper handling of user pointer alignment. The kernel code incorrectly assumes that user pointers have guaranteed alignment, but since there is no such guarantee, the calculation of an offset for the first page into a folio after coalescing uses flawed bit mask logic. The fix removes this incorrect reliance on pointer alignment.

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