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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	Yao Kai <yaokai34@huawei.com>
Subject: [patch 7.1.y 4/6] futex: Fix race in futex_pivot_pending() during private hash resize
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:48:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825091708.598105210@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260825091624.748852250@kernel.org

From: Yao Kai <yaokai34@huawei.com>

commit 8e7ff730dd96519a333d1570edf1c3fabb6d3629 upstream.

A task performing a custom private hash resize can remain blocked in
uninterruptible sleep indefinitely.  The hung-task detector reports:

  INFO: task futex-resizer:314 blocked for more than 10 seconds.
  task:futex-resizer state:D stack:14824 pid:314 tgid:312 ppid:311

  Call Trace:
   __schedule+0x521/0xf30
   schedule+0x22/0xa0
   futex_hash_allocate+0x3db/0x490
   __do_sys_prctl+0x6f5/0xbd0
   do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x530
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

  Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks

futex_pivot_pending() allows the resize request to continue when
either no replacement hash is pending (hash_new == NULL) or the current
hash reference count has reached zero.

After the final-reference wake, another futex task can complete the
pivot between the two observations:

  T1                                  T2

  futex_hash_allocate()
    wait_var_event(mm, ...)
      futex_pivot_pending(mm)
        hash_new != NULL
                                      futex_hash()
                                        futex_ref_get(old) -> false
                                        futex_pivot_hash(mm)
                                          hash_new = NULL
                                          __futex_pivot_hash(mm, new)
                                            rcu_assign_pointer(hash, new)
        fph = rcu_dereference(hash) /* new */
        futex_ref_is_dead(fph) -> false
      schedule()

The pivot changes the state from hash_new != NULL with a dead current
hash to hash_new == NULL with a live current hash.  Because
futex_pivot_pending() reads hash_new and hash without serialization,
the resize task can observe hash_new in the pre-pivot state and hash in
the post-pivot state, causing futex_pivot_pending() to return false even
though the pivot has completed.  The task then goes to sleep after the
wakeup has already been consumed.

Serialize state reads in futex_pivot_pending() using futex_mm_phash::lock.
This guarantees that futex_pivot_pending() observes hash_new and hash
atomically, eliminating the race condition.

Fixes: bd54df5ea7ca ("futex: Allow to resize the private local hash")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Yao Kai <yaokai34@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260804125530.3933754-1-yaokai34@huawei.com
---
 kernel/futex/core.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -1786,12 +1786,12 @@ static bool futex_pivot_pending(struct m
 {
 	struct futex_private_hash *fph;
 
-	guard(rcu)();
+	guard(mutex)(&mm->futex_hash_lock);
 
 	if (!mm->futex_phash_new)
 		return true;
 
-	fph = rcu_dereference(mm->futex_phash);
+	fph = rcu_dereference_raw(mm->futex_phash);
 	return futex_ref_is_dead(fph);
 }
 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-24 10:56 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] futex/pi: Reject cross-mm private futex owners" failed to apply to 7.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-08-25 12:48 ` [patch 7.1.y 0/6] futex: Stable backports for recent issues Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:48   ` [patch 7.1.y 1/6] futex/pi: Reject cross-mm private futex owners Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:48   ` [patch 7.1.y 2/6] futex: Sanitize and document task_struct::futex::state transitions Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:48   ` [patch 7.1.y 3/6] futex/pi: Plug private futex exec() race Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:48   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-08-25 12:48   ` [patch 7.1.y 5/6] futex: Fix race on the initial mm->futex.phash.ref allocation Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:48   ` [patch 7.1.y 6/6] futex: Fix might_sleep() warning in futex_pivot_pending() Thomas Gleixner
2026-08-25 12:59   ` [patch 7.1.y 0/6] futex: Stable backports for recent issues Greg KH

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