CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-68421
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()
put_prev_task_scx() warns when a runnable task drops to a lower sched_class
without SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, on the assumption that balance_one() would have
kept it running. Core scheduling breaks that: a forced-idle SMT sibling
reschedules through the core_pick fast path in pick_next_task(), which skips
pick_task_scx() and thus balance_one(), so a runnable task can drop to idle
with ENQ_LAST unset.
Gate the warning on sched_cpu_cookie_match(): a cookie mismatch means core
scheduling forced the idle, while a match (or core scheduling off) still
catches a genuine missing-ENQ_LAST drop.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2907e9d0f05b506dfd58aec589a23042a56ef36b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6267ebee9f2f3e26f4968bf6dc29d350620fa320 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7d9c359e5cf867f7eb23df3bb1c6b9e58af24da git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f188cdbf8312289532c36eb4e9eb1c9544d43a git.kernel.org