linux-stable.git/kernel/futex/pi.c, branch linux-6.1.y Linux kernel stable tree futex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path 2026-04-11T12:16:18+00:00 Davidlohr Bueso dave@stgolabs.net 2026-03-26T00:17:59+00:00 5e8e06bf8909e79b4acd950cf578cfc2f10bbefa commit 210d36d892de5195e6766c45519dfb1e65f3eb83 upstream. Fuzzying/stressing futexes triggered: WARNING: kernel/futex/core.c:825 at wait_for_owner_exiting+0x7a/0x80, CPU#11: futex_lock_pi_s/524 When futex_lock_pi_atomic() sees the owner is exiting, it returns -EBUSY and stores a refcounted task pointer in 'exiting'. After wait_for_owner_exiting() consumes that reference, the local pointer is never reset to nil. Upon a retry, if futex_lock_pi_atomic() returns a different error, the bogus pointer is passed to wait_for_owner_exiting(). CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 futex_lock_pi(uaddr) // acquires the PI futex exit() futex_cleanup_begin() futex_state = EXITING; futex_lock_pi(uaddr) futex_lock_pi_atomic() attach_to_pi_owner() // observes EXITING *exiting = owner; // takes ref return -EBUSY wait_for_owner_exiting(-EBUSY, owner) put_task_struct(); // drops ref // exiting still points to owner goto retry; futex_lock_pi_atomic() lock_pi_update_atomic() cmpxchg(uaddr) *uaddr ^= WAITERS // whatever // value changed return -EAGAIN; wait_for_owner_exiting(-EAGAIN, exiting) // stale WARN_ON_ONCE(exiting) Fix this by resetting upon retry, essentially aligning it with requeue_pi. Fixes: 3ef240eaff36 ("futex: Prevent exit livelock") Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326001759.4129680-1-dave@stgolabs.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 210d36d892de5195e6766c45519dfb1e65f3eb83 upstream.

Fuzzying/stressing futexes triggered:

    WARNING: kernel/futex/core.c:825 at wait_for_owner_exiting+0x7a/0x80, CPU#11: futex_lock_pi_s/524

When futex_lock_pi_atomic() sees the owner is exiting, it returns -EBUSY
and stores a refcounted task pointer in 'exiting'.

After wait_for_owner_exiting() consumes that reference, the local pointer
is never reset to nil. Upon a retry, if futex_lock_pi_atomic() returns a
different error, the bogus pointer is passed to wait_for_owner_exiting().

  CPU0			     CPU1		       CPU2
  futex_lock_pi(uaddr)
  // acquires the PI futex
  exit()
    futex_cleanup_begin()
      futex_state = EXITING;
			     futex_lock_pi(uaddr)
			       futex_lock_pi_atomic()
				 attach_to_pi_owner()
				   // observes EXITING
				   *exiting = owner;  // takes ref
				   return -EBUSY
			       wait_for_owner_exiting(-EBUSY, owner)
				 put_task_struct();   // drops ref
			       // exiting still points to owner
			       goto retry;
			       futex_lock_pi_atomic()
				 lock_pi_update_atomic()
				   cmpxchg(uaddr)
					*uaddr ^= WAITERS // whatever
				   // value changed
				 return -EAGAIN;
			       wait_for_owner_exiting(-EAGAIN, exiting) // stale
				 WARN_ON_ONCE(exiting)

Fix this by resetting upon retry, essentially aligning it with requeue_pi.

Fixes: 3ef240eaff36 ("futex: Prevent exit livelock")
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326001759.4129680-1-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
futex: Remove a PREEMPT_RT_FULL reference. 2022-05-13T10:36:51+00:00 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy@linutronix.de 2022-05-11T15:29:22+00:00 6829061315065c7af394d556a887fbf847e4e708 Earlier the PREEMPT_RT patch had a PREEMPT_RT_FULL and PREEMPT_RT_BASE Kconfig option. The latter was a subset of the functionality that was enabled with PREEMPT_RT_FULL and was mainly useful for debugging. During the merging efforts the two Kconfig options were abandoned in the v5.4.3-rt1 release and since then there is only PREEMPT_RT which enables the full features set (as PREEMPT_RT_FULL did in earlier releases). Replace the PREEMPT_RT_FULL reference with PREEMPT_RT. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YnvWUvq1vpqCfCU7@linutronix.de 
Earlier the PREEMPT_RT patch had a PREEMPT_RT_FULL and PREEMPT_RT_BASE
Kconfig option. The latter was a subset of the functionality that was
enabled with PREEMPT_RT_FULL and was mainly useful for debugging.

During the merging efforts the two Kconfig options were abandoned in the
v5.4.3-rt1 release and since then there is only PREEMPT_RT which enables
the full features set (as PREEMPT_RT_FULL did in earlier releases).

Replace the PREEMPT_RT_FULL reference with PREEMPT_RT.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YnvWUvq1vpqCfCU7@linutronix.de
futex: Split out PI futex 2021-10-07T11:51:09+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2021-09-23T17:10:58+00:00 85dc28fa4ec058645c29bda952d901b29dfaa0b0 Move the PI futex implementation into it's own file. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210923171111.300673-10-andrealmeid@collabora.com 
Move the PI futex implementation into it's own file.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210923171111.300673-10-andrealmeid@collabora.com