CVE-2026-99016

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access access_ok() checks untagged_addr(uaddr), but arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() and futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() hand the raw uaddr to the inline asm amoswap/amoadd/.../lr.w+sc.w through the "+m" (*uaddr) operand. When the tagged address ABI is enabled (CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SUPM, prctl PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL with PMLEN != 0), those two addresses differ: a user pointer whose top PMLEN bits hold a tag passes access_ok() after untagging, but the atomic is then performed on the still-tagged raw address. Supervisor-mode data accesses are not subject to the U-mode pointer masking (that is governed by menvcfg.PMM, which the kernel does not set), so hardware does not strip the tag for the kernel's own access. With Sv57 and PMLEN=16 the tag bits overlap the canonical-address bits, so a tagged pointer can name a canonical kernel virtual address (e.g. in the linear map) whose untagged form is a valid user address. An unprivileged process can thus make FUTEX_WAKE_OP perform an atomic read-modify-write on an arbitrary kernel address, with the matching FUTEX_OP_CMP_* result serving as a read oracle. get_user()/put_user()/raw_copy_{to,from}_user() already untag the pointer after the access_ok() check; do the same in the futex helpers so the atomic operates on the address that was actually validated.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedOct 23, 2026
First seenOct 23, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d, 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea, 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 ≤ v < 2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d, 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 ≤ v < 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea, 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 ≤ v < 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676, 6.132e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d, 8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea, 405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676

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