{"cve":"CVE-2026-80777","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-04T16:18:03.373","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:11.790","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex/pi: Plug private futex exec() race\n\nThe check for private futexes whether the waiter's mm, which is stored in\nthe futex_key and copied into the pi_state, is the same as the owner's mm\nis not sufficient for exec(). exec() has a gap where the mm check fails to\ngive the correct answer:\n\n  exec()\n  ...\n    exec_release_mm()\n      futex_exec_release()\n        tsk::futex::exit_state = EXITING;\n        cleanup_robust_list();\n1)      tsk::futex::exit_state = OK;\n    ...\n    old_mm = tsk::mm;\n2)  tsk::mm = ->mm;\n\nBetween #1 and #2 the check for the mm is wrong as that mm is about to be\nswapped out and eventually freed.\n\nPlug this gap by:\n\n  1) Setting tsk::futex::exit_state to FUTEX_STATE_DEAD in\n     futex_exec_release()\n\n  2) Setting tsk::futex::exit_state to FUTEX_STATE_OK after\n     the mm has been switched.\n\nFrom a futex point of view the task is dead after it finished the robust\nlist cleanup up to the point where it sets the state to OK again.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0478bc6bf197629fea0331d65b39eeea043c6cf0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5f0bc9fd1cec4a00400cc727fcde03e0fde17cc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7944cee62ec6cca1c90780a766960a57d3b4bb8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdf538b2e69653ff740e84042245018e5680cd7b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:52:03.409947763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-80777","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10922,"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."]}