CVE-2026-52973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc Currently need_futex_hash_allocate_default() depends on strict pthread semantics, abusing CLONE_THREAD. This breaks the non-concurrency assumptions when doing the mm->futex_ref pcpu allocations, leading to bugs[0] when sharing the mm in other ways; ie: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in futex_hash_put ... where the +1 bias can end up on a percpu counter that mm->futex_ref no longer points at. Loosen the check to cover any CLONE_VM clone, except vfork(). Excluding vfork keeps the existing paths untouched (no overhead), and we can't race in the first place: either the parent is suspended and the child runs alone, or mm->futex_ref is already allocated from an earlier CLONE_VM.

• CWE-416
• CWE-825

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dcd36420af2da5bd59306dba9caf78e3d248b1dPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974ac49a9a068b0591a59f65c63eb06579a13091Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9dce44362b2d8132c32964656ab6dff7dfbc6aPatch
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:45114
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47040
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52973Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492413Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52973.jsonThird Party Advisory

Published

Jun 24, 2026

Last Modified

Jul 29, 2026

Status

Modified

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