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futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI
authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:42:43 +0000 (12:42 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 2 Oct 2025 11:40:40 +0000 (13:40 +0200)
commitcb5d19a61274b51b49601214a87af573b43d60fa
tree1933a439fe222d1753c3ed8e9e111f8d3f402700
parent02e4ff4941efb9bbb40d8d5b61efa1a4119b1ba7
futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI

[ Upstream commit b549113738e8c751b613118032a724b772aa83f2 ]

syzbot managed to trigger the following race:

   T1                               T2

 futex_wait_requeue_pi()
   futex_do_wait()
     schedule()
                               futex_requeue()
                                 futex_proxy_trylock_atomic()
                                   futex_requeue_pi_prepare()
                                   requeue_pi_wake_futex()
                                     futex_requeue_pi_complete()
                                      /* preempt */

         * timeout/ signal wakes T1 *

   futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() // Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED
   futex_hash_put()
  // back to userland, on stack futex_q is garbage

                                      /* back */
                                     wake_up_state(q->task, TASK_NORMAL);

In this scenario futex_wait_requeue_pi() is able to leave without using
futex_q::lock_ptr for synchronization.

This can be prevented by reading futex_q::task before updating the
futex_q::requeue_state. A reference on the task_struct is not needed
because requeue_pi_wake_futex() is invoked with a spinlock_t held which
implies a RCU read section.

Even if T1 terminates immediately after, the task_struct will remain valid
during T2's wake_up_state().  A READ_ONCE on futex_q::task before
futex_requeue_pi_complete() is enough because it ensures that the variable
is read before the state is updated.

Read futex_q::task before updating the requeue state, use it for the
following wakeup.

Fixes: 07d91ef510fb1 ("futex: Prevent requeue_pi() lock nesting issue on RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+034246a838a10d181e78@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68b75989.050a0220.3db4df.01dd.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
kernel/futex/requeue.c