CVE-2026-93220

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Keep kick_sync waiting on the rq's own CPU kick_sync_wait_bal_cb() assumes it runs on the rq's CPU from the __schedule() tail: the snapshots it compares against live in that CPU's percpu area and the busy-wait runs with the rq lock dropped and IRQs enabled. However, dispatch can now drop the rq lock while the callback sits queued, and rq lock takers in that window (the sched class change paths, the scx task iterator) flush pending balance callbacks on release, running the callback on a foreign CPU. Such a run compares against unrelated snapshots and can deadlock when the executing CPU is itself a wait target. Bail on a foreign CPU and leave the wait state alone. The wait only observes progress that the resched kicks already guarantee and the rq's next wait picks up the stale cpus_to_sync bits.

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 24, 2026
First seenSep 24, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxc736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8be, e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d ≤ v < c736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8be, 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d ≤ v < e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206, 6.19c736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8be, e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206

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