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CVE-2026-93220

Linux: sched_ext: Keep kick_sync waiting on the rq's own CPU

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.15%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
Published24 Sep 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.

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.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d before c736ea0fe7b4df920da6bd43a81c5eeecadcc8beCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 4c95380701f58b8112f0b891de8d160e4199e19d before e0253dd04beb03e79477c5ef4768b11135687206CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.19CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.19CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.4 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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