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 ]
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< 8a1fc8d698ac5e5916e3082a0f74450d71f9611f (from 8161239a8bcce9ad6b537c04a1fa3b5c68bae693) · < 6d52dfcb2a5db86e346cf51f8fcf2071b8085166 (from 8161239a8bcce9ad6b537c04a1fa3b5c68bae693) · < 3fb7394a837740770f0d6b4b30567e60786a63f2 (from 8161239a8bcce9ad6b537c04a1fa3b5c68bae693) · < 88614876370aac8ad1050ad785a4c095ba17ac11 (from 8161239a8bcce9ad6b537c04a1fa3b5c68bae693) · < 3bfdc63936dd4773109b7b8c280c0f3b5ae7d349 (from 8161239a8bcce9ad6b537c04a1fa3b5c68bae693)
- Linux / Linux2.6.39Fixed in 0, 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4, 7.1-rc1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H