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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-31555" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:35:39.211Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:17:00.034Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" 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-2026-31555" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31555.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31555" title: "futex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path\n\nFuzzying/stressing futexes triggered:\n\n WARNING: kernel/futex/core.c:825 at wait_for_owner_exiting+0x7a/0x80, CPU#11: futex_lock_pi_s/524\n\nWhen futex_lock_pi_atomic() sees the owner is exiting, it returns -EBUSY\nand stores a refcounted task pointer in 'exiting'.\n\nAfter wait_for_owner_exiting() consumes that reference, the local pointer\nis never reset to nil. Upon a retry, if futex_lock_pi_atomic() returns a\ndifferent error, the bogus pointer is passed to wait_for_owner_exiting().\n\n CPU0\t\t\t CPU1\t\t CPU2\n futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n // acquires the PI futex\n exit()\n futex_cleanup_begin()\n futex_state = EXITING;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t attach_to_pi_owner()\n\t\t\t\t // observes EXITING\n\t\t\t\t *exiting = owner; // takes ref\n\t\t\t\t return -EBUSY\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EBUSY, owner)\n\t\t\t\t put_task_struct(); // drops ref\n\t\t\t // exiting still points to owner\n\t\t\t goto retry;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t lock_pi_update_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t cmpxchg(uaddr)\n\t\t\t\t\t*uaddr ^= WAITERS // whatever\n\t\t\t\t // value changed\n\t\t\t\t return -EAGAIN;\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EAGAIN, exiting) // stale\n\t\t\t\t WARN_ON_ONCE(exiting)\n\nFix this by resetting upon retry, essentially aligning it with requeue_pi." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"33095ae3bdde5e5c264d7e88a2f3e7703a26c7aa"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e7824ec168d2ac883a213cd1f4d6cc0816002a85"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5e8e06bf8909e79b4acd950cf578cfc2f10bbefa"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de7c0c04ad868f2cee6671b11c0a6d20421af1da"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7475dfad10a05a5bfadebf5f2499bd61b19ed293"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"92e47ad03e03dbb5515bdf06444bf6b1e147310d"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"71112e62807d1925dc3ae6188b11f8cfc85aec23"},{"version":"3ef240eaff36b8119ac9e2ea17cbf41179c930ba","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"210d36d892de5195e6766c45519dfb1e65f3eb83"},{"version":"f2a9957e5c08b1b1caacd18a3dc4c0a1bdb7b463","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cf16e42709aa86aa3e37f3acc3d13d5715d90096","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"61fa9f167caaa73d0a7c88f498eceeb12c6fa3db","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7874eee0130adf9bee28e8720bb5dd051089def3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fc3b55ef2c840bb2746b2d8121a0788de84f7fac","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.4.255","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.5"},{"version":"4.9.255","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.10"},{"version":"4.14.158","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.172","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.4.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.10.253","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.168","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.131","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.80","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.21","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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