CVE-2026-99016
riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack conditions and impact
Derived from the CNA (via NVD) CVSS 3.1 vector| Metric | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector AV | L | Local |
| Attack complexity AC | L | Low (easy) |
| Privileges required PR | L | Regular user |
| User interaction UI | N | None |
| Scope S | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality C | H | High |
| Integrity I | H | High |
| Availability A | H | High |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access access_ok() checks untagged_addr(uaddr), but arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() and futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() hand the raw uaddr to the inline asm amoswap/amoadd/.../lr.w+sc.w through the "+m" (*uaddr) operand. When the tagged address ABI is enabled (CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SUPM, prctl PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL with PMLEN != 0), those two addresses differ: a user pointer whose top PMLEN bits hold a tag passes access_ok() after untagging, but the atomic is then performed on the still-tagged raw address. Supervisor-mode data accesses are not subject to the U-mode pointer masking (that is governed by menvcfg.PMM, which the kernel does not set), so hardware does not strip the tag for the kernel's own access. With Sv57 and PMLEN=16 the tag bits overlap the canonical-address bits, so a tagged pointer can name a canonical kernel virtual address (e.g. in the linear map) whose untagged form is a valid user address. An unprivileged process can thus make FUTEX_WAKE_OP perform an atomic read-modify-write on an arbitrary kernel address, with the matching FUTEX_OP_CMP_* result serving as a read oracle. get_user()/put_user()/raw_copy_{to,from}_user() already untag the pointer after the access_ok() check; do the same in the futex helpers so the atomic operates on the address that was actually validated.
CVSS assessments
| Provider | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD / 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) | 3.1 | 7.8 HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA / Linux | 3.1 | 7.8 HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products and packages
CNA (CVE.org)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676 default: unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | affected: 6.13 unaffected: 0 … < 6.13 unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.* unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.* unaffected: 7.3 … <= * default: affected |
Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)
riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| >= 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242, < 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d; < 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea; < 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676 | 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d, 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea, 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676 | ||
| Linux | Kernel | >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.11 | 6.18.57, 7.2.11 |
Linux distribution status
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99016.json OSV
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99016 OSV