CVE-2026-89519

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Replace SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP with a dispatch verdict return SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP tells the pick to keep running the previous task, a leftover from when balancing and picking were separate operations. An rq-level flag only works while dispatches and picks pair up one to one, which core scheduling breaks: selections interleave through dispatch's lock drops and a pick can consume a stale flag, keeping a task that has since been dequeued. Fixing core scheduling support requires the decision to travel with the dispatch that made it. Make scx_dispatch_sched() and balance_one() return an explicit verdict instead and drop the flag's plumbing from the tools autogen enum headers. Also factor the pick-side invocation, its follow-up queueing and the post-dispatch checks out of do_pick_task_scx() into dispatch_pick(). No functional changes intended. v2: Drop the SCX_RQ_BAL_KEEP plumbing from the tools autogen enum headers as well (Andrea).

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 11, 2026
First seenSep 11, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linux6f1d3bfe54430f8d54e0530a27f2ecbf8466576e, ffaab58d217581cb75353168f8812a16e10463fc or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d ≤ v < 6f1d3bfe54430f8d54e0530a27f2ecbf8466576e, 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d ≤ v < ffaab58d217581cb75353168f8812a16e10463fc, 6.196f1d3bfe54430f8d54e0530a27f2ecbf8466576e, ffaab58d217581cb75353168f8812a16e10463fc

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CVE-2026-89519 · Linux · Dark Radar