In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: futex: untag the user pointer before the atomic access acces…
CVE-2026-99016 · GHSA-5mv4-wx47-m6wh · EUVD-2026-108810 · published 23 Oct 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: patch: 7.3
- Linux Linux: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 <8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea
- Linux Linux: patch: 0
- Linux Linux: patch: 6.18.57
- Linux Linux: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 <405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676
- Linux Linux: 6.13
- Linux Linux: patch: 7.2.11
- Linux Linux: 2e1743085887ba3f553c2bb472a75a3ff744b242 <2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
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.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5c80bbc062a8dda33e687ebf7be8f074ee4f7d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e48d8d51ab37b7decfbff3e2844e027a52ad6ea
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/405290be962b32eec842776fbe3bdf81f15b1676
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99016
Merged from ENISA EUVD. Last updated 25 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON