CVE-2026-43499
rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()
remove_waiter() is used by the slowlock paths, but it is also used for
proxy-lock rollback in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() when invoked from
futex_requeue().
In the latter case waiter::task is not current, but remove_waiter()
operates on current for the dequeue operation. That results in several
problems:
1) the rbtree dequeue happens without waiter::task::pi_lock being held
2) the waiter task's pi_blocked_on state is not cleared, which leaves a
dangling pointer primed for UAF around.
3) rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() operates on the wrong top priority waiter
task
Use waiter::task instead of current in all related operations in
remove_waiter() to cure those problems.
[ tglx: Fixup rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(), add a comment and amend the
changelog ]
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfdc63936dd4773109b7b8c280c0f3b5ae7d349https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fb7394a837740770f0d6b4b30567e60786a63f2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d52dfcb2a5db86e346cf51f8fcf2071b8085166https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88614876370aac8ad1050ad785a4c095ba17ac11https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1fc8d698ac5e5916e3082a0f74450d71f9611fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cce4773c2b23d819baf5abedc62f7b430e8745