CVE-2026-52977 — futex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

futex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup

During wait-requeue-pi (task A) and requeue-PI (task B) the following race can happen:

Task A Task B futex_wait_requeue_pi() futex_setup_timer() futex_do_wait() futex_requeue() CLASS(hb, hb1)(&key1); CLASS(hb, hb2)(&key2); *timeout* futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() requeue_state = Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE

*blocks on hb->lock*

futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() futex_requeue_pi_prepare() Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE => -EAGAIN double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2) *retry*

Task B acquires both hb locks and attempts to acquire the PI-lock of the top most waiter (task B). Task A is leaving early due to a signal/ timeout and started removing itself from the queue. It updates its requeue_state but can not remove it from the list because this requires the hb lock which is owned by task B.

Usually task A is able to swoop the lock after task B unlocked it. However if task B is of higher priority then task A may not be able to wake up in time and acquire the lock before task B gets it again. Espec…

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CVE-2026-52977 — futex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup