[PATCH] futex: Initialize futex_phash_new during fork().
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 04:34:23 EST
During a hash resize operation the new private hash is stored in
mm_struct::futex_phash_new if the current hash can not be immediately
replaced.
The new hash must not be copied during fork() into the new task. Doing
so will lead to a double-free of the memory by the two tasks.
Initialize the mm_struct::futex_phash_new during fork().
Reported-by: Calvin Owens <calvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aFBQ8CBKmRzEqIfS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Tested-by: Calvin Owens <calvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: bd54df5ea7cad ("futex: Allow to resize the private local hash")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/futex.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h
index 005b040c4791b..b37193653e6b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/futex.h
+++ b/include/linux/futex.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ void futex_hash_free(struct mm_struct *mm);
static inline void futex_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->futex_phash, NULL);
+ mm->futex_phash_new = NULL;
mutex_init(&mm->futex_hash_lock);
}
--
2.50.0