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authorPavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>2026-03-02 13:10:37 +0000
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2026-03-09 07:21:54 -0600
commitd8345a21902af5d754f2c2aadf877de989e3cac3 (patch)
treee334f79568a7906e08a665c42c5bc7acc7394243 /include/uapi/linux
parent0e78aa188cbddc6311ff24938b1c8d3850b35708 (diff)
io_uring/timeout: immediate timeout arg
One the things the user has always keep in mind is that any user pointers they put into an SQE is not going to be read by the kernel until submission happens, and the user has to ensure the pointee stays alive until then. For example, snippet below will lead to UAF of the on stack variable ts. Instead of passing the timeout value as a pointer allow to store it immediately in the SQE. The user has to set a new flag called IORING_TIMEOUT_IMMEDIATE_ARG, in which case sqe->addr for timeout or sqe->addr2 for timeout update requests will be interpreted as a time value in nanosecods. void prep_timeout(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe) { struct __kernel_timespec ts = {...}; prep_timeout(sqe, &ts); } void submit() { sqe = get_sqe(); prep_timeout(sqe); io_uring_submit(); } Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 17475c2045fb..17ac1b785440 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ enum io_uring_op {
/*
* sqe->timeout_flags
+ *
+ * IORING_TIMEOUT_IMMEDIATE_ARG: If set, sqe->addr stores the timeout
+ * value in nanoseconds instead of
+ * pointing to a timespec.
*/
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_ABS (1U << 0)
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_UPDATE (1U << 1)
@@ -351,6 +355,7 @@ enum io_uring_op {
#define IORING_LINK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE (1U << 4)
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_ETIME_SUCCESS (1U << 5)
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_MULTISHOT (1U << 6)
+#define IORING_TIMEOUT_IMMEDIATE_ARG (1U << 7)
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_CLOCK_MASK (IORING_TIMEOUT_BOOTTIME | IORING_TIMEOUT_REALTIME)
#define IORING_TIMEOUT_UPDATE_MASK (IORING_TIMEOUT_UPDATE | IORING_LINK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE)
/*