CVE-2026-71227

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71227
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-71227.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-71227
Downstream
Published
2026-08-05T12:42:10.427Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:27.505918447Z
Severity
  • 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Libkcapi: infinite loop denial of service in libkcapi _kcapi_aio_read_all() due to unhandled io_getevents() timeout return
Details

A flaw was found in libkcapi. A local attacker can influence an application that uses the Asynchronous Input/Output (AIO) interface. By reusing an AIO-enabled handle after a prior completion error, the kcapiaioreadall() function can enter a non-terminating wait loop. This can lead to a persistent denial of service, making the affected application or thread unresponsive.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-835"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71227.json",
    "cna_assigner": "redhat"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/smuellerdd/libkcapi

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/smuellerdd/libkcapi
Events
Introduced
5ba1fbe1b5ff967c398e4dffab083d543809195c
Fixed
df40ea48ecbf1afc6d3efa5494673fa73bd40826
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.12.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.5.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.12.0
v0.13.0
v0.14.0
v1.*
v1.0.0
v1.0.1
v1.0.2
v1.0.3
v1.1.0
v1.1.1
v1.1.2
v1.1.3
v1.1.4
v1.1.5
v1.2.0
v1.2.1
v1.3.0
v1.3.1
v1.4.0
v1.5.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-71227.json"