CVE-2025-39976
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/10/2025
Last modified:
16/10/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
futex: Use correct exit on failure from futex_hash_allocate_default()<br />
<br />
copy_process() uses the wrong error exit path from futex_hash_allocate_default().<br />
After exiting from futex_hash_allocate_default(), neither tasklist_lock<br />
nor siglock has been acquired. The exit label bad_fork_core_free unlocks<br />
both of these locks which is wrong.<br />
<br />
The next exit label, bad_fork_cancel_cgroup, is the correct exit.<br />
sched_cgroup_fork() did not allocate any resources that need to freed.<br />
<br />
Use bad_fork_cancel_cgroup on error exit from futex_hash_allocate_default().



