kernel/1454-futex-requeue-prevent-null-pointer-dereference-in-remove-waiter.patch
Andrew Lukoshko 3dfb5d4267 Recreate RHEL 6.12.0-211.33.1 from CS10/upstream backports
- Drop AlmaLinux ahead-of-RHEL rtmutex remove_waiter() fixes (1445, 1446),
  superseded by RHEL's CVE-2026-43499 copies in 211.33.1
- Add RHEL 211.33.1 backports recreated from CS10/upstream (1451-1455),
  including the futex/requeue guard and its same-release revert (net zero,
  kept for changelog fidelity)
2026-07-13 10:33:52 +00:00

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From 74e144274af39935b0f410c0ee4d2b91c3730414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ji'an Zhou <eilaimemedsnaimel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 09:12:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in
remove_waiter() on self-deadlock
When FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI requeues a non-top waiter that already owns the
target PI futex, task_blocks_on_rt_mutex() returns -EDEADLK before setting
waiter->task.
The subsequent remove_waiter() in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() dereferences
the NULL waiter->task, causing a kernel crash.
Add a self-deadlock check for non-top waiters before calling
rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(), analogous to the top-waiter check in
futex_lock_pi_atomic().
Fixes: 3bfdc63936dd4773109b7b8c280c0f3b5ae7d349 ("rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()")
Signed-off-by: Ji'an Zhou <eilaimemedsnaimel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/kernel/futex/requeue.c b/kernel/futex/requeue.c
index b597cb3d17fc..1d99a84dc9ad 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/requeue.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/requeue.c
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uaddr1, unsigned int flags1,
continue;
}
+ /* Self-deadlock: non-top waiter already owns the PI futex. */
+ if (rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex) == this->task) {
+ ret = -EDEADLK;
+ break;
+ }
+
ret = rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(&pi_state->pi_mutex,
this->rt_waiter,
this->task);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)