Re: [PATCH] futex: don't leak robust_list pointer on exec race

From: Pranav Tyagi
Date: Fri Jul 25 2025 - 07:44:32 EST


On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 11:50:31AM +0530, Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> > I hope this explains the consequences of the race condition. If it is fine,
> > I'll add it to changelog when I resubmit with the helper function.
>
> Thanks for working on this! Are you still planning to send a v2 of this
> patch? It'd be lovely to make progress on closing out all the items in
> https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/119
> :)
>
> -Kees
>
> --
> Kees Cook

Hi Kees,

I will definitely send a v2 of this patch and would like to work on all
of the issues listed on https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/119,
as it presents me with a great learning opportunity.

Regards
Pranav Tyagi