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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-39977"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-10-15T07:55:58.283Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T22:02:35.093Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39977"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39977.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39977"
title: "futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI\n\nsyzbot managed to trigger the following race:\n\n   T1                               T2\n\n futex_wait_requeue_pi()\n   futex_do_wait()\n     schedule()\n                               futex_requeue()\n                                 futex_proxy_trylock_atomic()\n                                   futex_requeue_pi_prepare()\n                                   requeue_pi_wake_futex()\n                                     futex_requeue_pi_complete()\n                                      /* preempt */\n\n         * timeout/ signal wakes T1 *\n\n   futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() // Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED\n   futex_hash_put()\n  // back to userland, on stack futex_q is garbage\n\n                                      /* back */\n                                     wake_up_state(q-\u003etask, TASK_NORMAL);\n\nIn this scenario futex_wait_requeue_pi() is able to leave without using\nfutex_q::lock_ptr for synchronization.\n\nThis can be prevented by reading futex_q::task before updating the\nfutex_q::requeue_state. A reference on the task_struct is not needed\nbecause requeue_pi_wake_futex() is invoked with a spinlock_t held which\nimplies a RCU read section.\n\nEven if T1 terminates immediately after, the task_struct will remain valid\nduring T2's wake_up_state().  A READ_ONCE on futex_q::task before\nfutex_requeue_pi_complete() is enough because it ensures that the variable\nis read before the state is updated.\n\nRead futex_q::task before updating the requeue state, use it for the\nfollowing wakeup."
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