From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
To: peterz@infradead.org, tglx@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paulmck@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] futex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resize
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 13:50:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001135022.2220288-1-mason@kernel.org> (raw)
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.
Fixes: 56180dd20c19 ("futex: Use RCU-based per-CPU reference counting instead of rcuref_t")
Assisted-by: kres
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
---
kernel/futex/core.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index a061f54b606d..095f9fe440e3 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -213,10 +213,12 @@ static bool __futex_pivot_hash(struct mm_struct *mm, struct futex_private_hash *
futex_rehash_private(fph, new);
}
new->state = FR_PERCPU;
- scoped_guard(rcu) {
- mmph->batches = get_state_synchronize_rcu();
- rcu_assign_pointer(mmph->hash, new);
- }
+ rcu_assign_pointer(mmph->hash, new);
+ /*
+ * mmph->batches must reference a grace period which started after
+ * mmph->hash was assigned. See futex_ref_drop().
+ */
+ mmph->batches = get_state_synchronize_rcu();
kvfree_rcu(fph, rcu);
return true;
}
--
2.54.0
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