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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-29 09:59:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-29 09:59:46 -0700
commitf087b0bad454a91c7d1615f82954a4752843560d (patch)
tree40617634f8a45a6fc4ea7dc320f270df6e125f2c /kernel
parent21047b17b3ab2977f8331b444249364cac3da66c (diff)
parent210d36d892de5195e6766c45519dfb1e65f3eb83 (diff)
Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-03-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull futex fixes from Ingo Molnar: - Tighten up the sys_futex_requeue() ABI a bit, to disallow dissimilar futex flags and potential UaF access (Peter Zijlstra) - Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() (Hao-Yu Yang) - Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path, which triggered a warning (and potential misbehavior) in stress-testing (Davidlohr Bueso) * tag 'locking-urgent-2026-03-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: futex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() futex: Require sys_futex_requeue() to have identical flags
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex/core.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex/pi.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex/syscalls.c8
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index cf7e610eac42..31e83a09789e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int __futex_key_to_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
if (!vma)
return FUTEX_NO_NODE;
- mpol = vma_policy(vma);
+ mpol = READ_ONCE(vma->vm_policy);
if (!mpol)
return FUTEX_NO_NODE;
diff --git a/kernel/futex/pi.c b/kernel/futex/pi.c
index bc1f7e83a37e..7808068fa59e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/pi.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/pi.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ int fixup_pi_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q, int locked)
int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, ktime_t *time, int trylock)
{
struct hrtimer_sleeper timeout, *to;
- struct task_struct *exiting = NULL;
+ struct task_struct *exiting;
struct rt_mutex_waiter rt_waiter;
struct futex_q q = futex_q_init;
DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, ktime_t *time, int tryl
to = futex_setup_timer(time, &timeout, flags, 0);
retry:
+ exiting = NULL;
ret = get_futex_key(uaddr, flags, &q.key, FUTEX_WRITE);
if (unlikely(ret != 0))
goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/futex/syscalls.c b/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
index 743c7a728237..77ad9691f6a6 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
@@ -459,6 +459,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(futex_requeue,
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /*
+ * For now mandate both flags are identical, like the sys_futex()
+ * interface has. If/when we merge the variable sized futex support,
+ * that patch can modify this test to allow a difference in size.
+ */
+ if (futexes[0].w.flags != futexes[1].w.flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
cmpval = futexes[0].w.val;
return futex_requeue(u64_to_user_ptr(futexes[0].w.uaddr), futexes[0].w.flags,