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CVE-2026-99016

riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-24
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received
CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by Linux (not yet scored by NVD)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
—
Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by CNA (Linux) · v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 10.2%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
—
Not listed

Attack conditions and impact

Derived from the CNA (via NVD) CVSS 3.1 vector
LocalLoginNo interaction Confidentiality HIntegrity HAvailability H
MetricValueMeaning
Attack vector AVLLocal
Attack complexity ACLLow (easy)
Privileges required PRLRegular user
User interaction UINNone
Scope SUUnchanged
Confidentiality CHHigh
Integrity IHHigh
Availability AHHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NVD

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

ProviderVersionScoreVector
NVD / 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)3.17.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA / Linux3.17.8 HIGHCVSS: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)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d
affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea
affected: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 … < 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
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

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242, < 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d; < 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea; < 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b16762e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d, 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea, 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676
LinuxKernel>= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.116.18.57, 7.2.11

Linux distribution status

Red Hat ↗

No record

Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxnot-affected unimportant
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxnot-affected unimportant

Ubuntu ↗

No record

References (6)