Commit 8e7ff730dd96 for kernel
commit 8e7ff730dd96519a333d1570edf1c3fabb6d3629
Author: Yao Kai <yaokai34@huawei.com>
Date: Tue Aug 4 20:55:30 2026 +0800
futex: Fix race in futex_pivot_pending() during private hash resize
A task performing a custom private hash resize can remain blocked in
uninterruptible sleep indefinitely. The hung-task detector reports:
INFO: task futex-resizer:314 blocked for more than 10 seconds.
task:futex-resizer state:D stack:14824 pid:314 tgid:312 ppid:311
Call Trace:
__schedule+0x521/0xf30
schedule+0x22/0xa0
futex_hash_allocate+0x3db/0x490
__do_sys_prctl+0x6f5/0xbd0
do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x530
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks
futex_pivot_pending() allows the resize request to continue when
either no replacement hash is pending (hash_new == NULL) or the current
hash reference count has reached zero.
After the final-reference wake, another futex task can complete the
pivot between the two observations:
T1 T2
futex_hash_allocate()
wait_var_event(mm, ...)
futex_pivot_pending(mm)
hash_new != NULL
futex_hash()
futex_ref_get(old) -> false
futex_pivot_hash(mm)
hash_new = NULL
__futex_pivot_hash(mm, new)
rcu_assign_pointer(hash, new)
fph = rcu_dereference(hash) /* new */
futex_ref_is_dead(fph) -> false
schedule()
The pivot changes the state from hash_new != NULL with a dead current
hash to hash_new == NULL with a live current hash. Because
futex_pivot_pending() reads hash_new and hash without serialization,
the resize task can observe hash_new in the pre-pivot state and hash in
the post-pivot state, causing futex_pivot_pending() to return false even
though the pivot has completed. The task then goes to sleep after the
wakeup has already been consumed.
Serialize state reads in futex_pivot_pending() using futex_mm_phash::lock.
This guarantees that futex_pivot_pending() observes hash_new and hash
atomically, eliminating the race condition.
Fixes: bd54df5ea7ca ("futex: Allow to resize the private local hash")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Yao Kai <yaokai34@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260804125530.3933754-1-yaokai34@huawei.com
diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
index 2650d1e52803..128c5752f225 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/core.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -1783,14 +1783,15 @@ void futex_hash_free(struct mm_struct *mm)
static bool futex_pivot_pending(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+ struct futex_mm_phash *mmph = &mm->futex.phash;
struct futex_private_hash *fph;
- guard(rcu)();
+ guard(mutex)(&mmph->lock);
- if (!mm->futex.phash.hash_new)
+ if (!mmph->hash_new)
return true;
- fph = rcu_dereference(mm->futex.phash.hash);
+ fph = rcu_dereference_raw(mmph->hash);
return futex_ref_is_dead(fph);
}