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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98788"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:48:24.833Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:25:41.209Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
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-2026-98788"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98788.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98788"
title: "futex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resize"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resize\n\npoll_state_synchronize_rcu(mm-\u003efutex.phash.batches) is used by\nfutex_ref_drop() to check that a grace period has passed since the\ncurrent hash was published. This relies on batches referencing a grace\nperiod which started after the hash pointer was assigned.\n\n__futex_pivot_hash() sets mmph-\u003ebatches before it replaces mmph-\u003ehash:\n\n    scoped_guard(rcu) {\n            mmph-\u003ebatches = get_state_synchronize_rcu();\n            rcu_assign_pointer(mmph-\u003ehash, new);\n    }\n\nThe scoped_guard(rcu) doesn't stop new grace periods from starting, and\nif one starts between those two assignments, futex_ref_drop() can move\nforward while a reader still holds a pointer to the old hash.\n\nFix things by setting mmph-\u003ebatches after assigning mmph-\u003ehash.  The\nscoped_guard(rcu) isn't needed, so let's drop that as well."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"56180dd20c19e5b0fa34822997a9ac66b517e7b3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5d5dc18b3a9ac011619b7d3af4514bf9e9b6a6af"},{"version":"56180dd20c19e5b0fa34822997a9ac66b517e7b3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f35e3b5784221654f9cdbd6222275a7fa203f6c3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.17"},{"version":"7.2.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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