Bug 2492413 (CVE-2026-52973) - CVE-2026-52973 kernel: futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc
Summary: CVE-2026-52973 kernel: futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private defau...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52973
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-25 20:39 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:10:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc

Currently need_futex_hash_allocate_default() depends on strict pthread
semantics, abusing CLONE_THREAD.  This breaks the non-concurrency
assumptions when doing the mm->futex_ref pcpu allocations, leading to
bugs[0] when sharing the mm in other ways; ie:

    BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in futex_hash_put

... where the +1 bias can end up on a percpu counter that mm->futex_ref
no longer points at.

Loosen the check to cover any CLONE_VM clone, except vfork().  Excluding
vfork keeps the existing paths untouched (no overhead), and we can't
race in the first place: either the parent is suspended and the child
runs alone, or mm->futex_ref is already allocated from an earlier
CLONE_VM.


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