{"cve":"CVE-2026-43499","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-21T13:16:19.300","modified":"2026-10-15T02:19:34.430","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()\n\nremove_waiter() is used by the slowlock paths, but it is also used for\nproxy-lock rollback in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() when invoked from\nfutex_requeue().\n\nIn the latter case waiter::task is not current, but remove_waiter()\noperates on current for the dequeue operation. That results in several\nproblems:\n\n  1) the rbtree dequeue happens without waiter::task::pi_lock being held\n\n  2) the waiter task's pi_blocked_on state is not cleared, which leaves a\n     dangling pointer primed for UAF around.\n\n  3) rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() operates on the wrong top priority waiter\n     task\n\nUse waiter::task instead of current in all related operations in\nremove_waiter() to cure those problems.\n\n[ tglx: Fixup rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(), add a comment and amend the\n  \tchangelog ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfdc63936dd4773109b7b8c280c0f3b5ae7d349","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fb7394a837740770f0d6b4b30567e60786a63f2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d52dfcb2a5db86e346cf51f8fcf2071b8085166","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/838ce5cb5d93c3ab8b27e75bc6ad905a94b752fd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88614876370aac8ad1050ad785a4c095ba17ac11"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:35:16.954578616+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43499","score":0.00891,"percentile":0.59145,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}