{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-31555", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T15:48:24.115Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-24T14:35:39.211Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-24T14:35:39.211Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-24T14:35:39.211Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path\n\nFuzzying/stressing futexes triggered:\n\n WARNING: kernel/futex/core.c:825 at wait_for_owner_exiting+0x7a/0x80, CPU#11: futex_lock_pi_s/524\n\nWhen futex_lock_pi_atomic() sees the owner is exiting, it returns -EBUSY\nand stores a refcounted task pointer in 'exiting'.\n\nAfter wait_for_owner_exiting() consumes that reference, the local pointer\nis never reset to nil. Upon a retry, if futex_lock_pi_atomic() returns a\ndifferent error, the bogus pointer is passed to wait_for_owner_exiting().\n\n CPU0\t\t\t CPU1\t\t CPU2\n futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n // acquires the PI futex\n exit()\n futex_cleanup_begin()\n futex_state = EXITING;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t attach_to_pi_owner()\n\t\t\t\t // observes EXITING\n\t\t\t\t *exiting = owner; // takes ref\n\t\t\t\t return -EBUSY\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EBUSY, owner)\n\t\t\t\t put_task_struct(); // drops ref\n\t\t\t // exiting still points to owner\n\t\t\t goto retry;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t lock_pi_update_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t cmpxchg(uaddr)\n\t\t\t\t\t*uaddr ^= WAITERS // whatever\n\t\t\t\t // value changed\n\t\t\t\t return -EAGAIN;\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EAGAIN, exiting) // stale\n\t\t\t\t WARN_ON_ONCE(exiting)\n\nFix this by resetting upon retry, essentially aligning it with requeue_pi."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": 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