CVE-2026-90003

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Prevent rcuwait use-after-free during requeue PI On PREEMPT_RT, FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI can trigger a KASAN report (slab-out-of-bounds) in futex_requeue_pi_complete() invocation of rcuwait_wake_up(). The futex_q used by futex_wait_requeue_pi() is allocated on the waiter's stack. An early wakeup can race with a PI requeue as follows: waiter requeue task ------ ------------ futex_wait_requeue_pi() futex_do_wait() schedule() futex_requeue futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() futex_requeue_pi_prepare() Q_REQUEUE_PI_NONE -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_IN_PROGRESS * timeout/ signal wakes waiter * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() Q_REQUEUE_PI_IN_PROGRESS -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT requeue_pi_wake_futex futex_requeue_pi_complete() cmpxchg Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED rcuwait_wait_event() if (atomic_read(&q->requeue_state) != Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT) break /* no schedule() */ /* q.pi_state->owner == current */ futex_private_hash_put() /* return from syscall */ rcuwait_wake_up(&q->requeue_wait) /* q is gone */ futex_requeue_pi_complete() publishes Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED before calling rcuwait_wake_up(). The waiter observes this state in rcuwait_wait_event() before invoking schedule() in rcuwait_wait_event(). Here, the waiter is free leave the syscall before requeue task can complete the wake. To address this race skip rcuwait_wake_up() in the Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED case. This state is only published by requeue_pi_wake_futex(), which saves q->task before futex_requeue_pi_complete() and wakes the waiter via wake_up_state(). This wake is intended to wake the waiter from its futex_do_wait() sleep. If the waiter is still sleeping there, it can not get into the Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT state (and require this removed wake). Should the waiter be woken up from futex_do_wait() by other means (as in this example) and sleep in futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() then the wake_up_state() from requeue_pi_wake_futex() will wake it, too. Should the waiter task terminate before wake_up_state() had a chance to wake the task then the task pointer does not become invalid because the futex_hash_bucket::lock is held and the task pointer is RCU protected. [bigeasy: Updated comment and commit message]

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-16 11:17:12.810000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:47.943000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-90003",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:12.810",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:47.943",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Prevent rcuwait use-after-free during requeue PI\n\nOn PREEMPT_RT, FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI can trigger a KASAN report\n(slab-out-of-bounds) in futex_requeue_pi_complete() invocation of\nrcuwait_wake_up().\n\nThe futex_q used by futex_wait_requeue_pi() is allocated on the waiter's\nstack. An early wakeup can race with a PI requeue as follows:\n\n        waiter                          requeue task\n        ------                          ------------\nfutex_wait_requeue_pi()\n  futex_do_wait()\n    schedule()\n                                       futex_requeue\n                                         futex_proxy_trylock_atomic()\n                                           futex_requeue_pi_prepare()\n                                            Q_REQUEUE_PI_NONE -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_IN_PROGRESS\n* timeout/ signal wakes waiter *\n  futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync()\n   Q_REQUEUE_PI_IN_PROGRESS -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT\n                                           requeue_pi_wake_futex\n                                             futex_requeue_pi_complete()\n                                               cmpxchg Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT -> Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED\n    rcuwait_wait_event()\n      if (atomic_read(&q->requeue_state) != Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT)\n       break /* no schedule() */\n\n /* q.pi_state->owner == current */\n futex_private_hash_put()\n /* return from syscall */\n                                              rcuwait_wake_up(&q->requeue_wait)\n                                                /* q is gone */\n\nfutex_requeue_pi_complete() publishes Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED before\ncalling rcuwait_wake_up(). The waiter observes this state in\nrcuwait_wait_event() before invoking schedule() in rcuwait_wait_event().\nHere, the waiter is free leave the syscall before requeue task can\ncomplete the wake.\n\nTo address this race skip rcuwait_wake_up() in the Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED\ncase.\nThis state is only published by requeue_pi_wake_futex(), which saves\nq->task before futex_requeue_pi_complete() and wakes the waiter via\nwake_up_state().\n\nThis wake is intended to wake the waiter from its futex_do_wait() sleep.\nIf the waiter is still sleeping there, it can not get into the\nQ_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT state (and require this removed wake).\nShould the waiter be woken up from futex_do_wait() by other means (as in\nthis example) and sleep in futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() then the\nwake_up_state() from requeue_pi_wake_futex() will wake it, too.\nShould the waiter task terminate before wake_up_state() had a chance to\nwake the task then the task pointer does not become invalid because the\nfutex_hash_bucket::lock is held and the task pointer is RCU protected.\n\n[bigeasy: Updated comment and commit message]"
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