CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98788
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
futex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resize
poll_state_synchronize_rcu(mm->futex.phash.batches) is used by
futex_ref_drop() to check that a grace period has passed since the
current hash was published. This relies on batches referencing a grace
period which started after the hash pointer was assigned.
__futex_pivot_hash() sets mmph->batches before it replaces mmph->hash:
scoped_guard(rcu) {
mmph->batches = get_state_synchronize_rcu();
rcu_assign_pointer(mmph->hash, new);
}
The scoped_guard(rcu) doesn't stop new grace periods from starting, and
if one starts between those two assignments, futex_ref_drop() can move
forward while a reader still holds a pointer to the old hash.
Fix things by setting mmph->batches after assigning mmph->hash. The
scoped_guard(rcu) isn't needed, so let's drop that as well.