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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-52977" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:28:53.937Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:28:04.076Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" 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-2026-52977" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-52977.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52977" title: "futex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup\n\nDuring wait-requeue-pi (task A) and requeue-PI (task B) the following\nrace can happen:\n\n Task A Task B\n futex_wait_requeue_pi()\n futex_setup_timer()\n futex_do_wait()\n futex_requeue()\n CLASS(hb, hb1)(&key1);\n CLASS(hb, hb2)(&key2);\n *timeout*\n futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync()\n requeue_state = Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE\n\n *blocks on hb-\u003elock*\n\n futex_proxy_trylock_atomic()\n futex_requeue_pi_prepare()\n Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE =\u003e -EAGAIN\n double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2)\n *retry*\n\nTask B acquires both hb locks and attempts to acquire the PI-lock of the\ntop most waiter (task B). Task A is leaving early due to a signal/\ntimeout and started removing itself from the queue. It updates its\nrequeue_state but can not remove it from the list because this requires\nthe hb lock which is owned by task B.\n\nUsually task A is able to swoop the lock after task B unlocked it.\nHowever if task B is of higher priority then task A may not be able to\nwake up in time and acquire the lock before task B gets it again.\nEspecially on a UP system where A is never scheduled.\n\nAs a result task A blocks on the lock and task B busy loops, trying to\nmake progress but live locks the system instead. Tragic.\n\nThis can be fixed by removing the top most waiter from the list in this\ncase. This allows task B to grab the next top waiter (if any) in the\nnext iteration and make progress.\n\nRemove the top most waiter if futex_requeue_pi_prepare() fails.\nLet the waiter conditionally remove itself from the list in\nhandle_early_requeue_pi_wakeup()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e5dbae3572757cecc3d3ec7cf96cbcc9cd9f016c"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4e0ed44e51727d56244a822ab941efe507c47966"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e3f95b1ba242e37093305812df7fdbe7288a43ac"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0aacb6d18f76552e3e0ee25d9f40d21b3486f4cf"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"69a7cfc66405aeaa2483147653d031b3592ffc9c"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0304d60abb9dcc02bc7fe6d1850f4ca206e8f1a0"},{"version":"07d91ef510fb16a2e0ca7453222105835b7ba3b8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bc7304f3ae20972d11db6e0b1b541c63feda5f05"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.141","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","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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