Bug 2546490 (CVE-2026-98281) - CVE-2026-98281 kernel: futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
Summary: CVE-2026-98281 kernel: futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98281
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:31 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-10 22:00 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:31:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()

As Jann demonstrated, it is entirely feasible to access the mm through vfork().
Therefore we need to allocate a private hash on vfork() as well as any other
CLONE_VM user.

Specifically, it must be avoided to have (private) futex waiters before
allocating the private hash.


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