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CVE-2026-53166
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock

When FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI requeues a non-top waiter that already owns the
target PI futex, task_blocks_on_rt_mutex() returns -EDEADLK before setting
waiter->task.

The subsequent remove_waiter() in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() dereferences
the NULL waiter->task, causing a kernel crash.

Add a self-deadlock check for non-top waiters before calling
rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(), analogous to the top-waiter check in
futex_lock_pi_atomic().

Publication Date June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Registration Date June 27, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
Last Update June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
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