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CVE-2026-98463

Linux: sched_ext: Derive SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP from the core enqueue flags

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.20%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in6c401ae426e20e53a3398a8e79afd0964c0f5110Also 3fdf2ceb31e8aff77451e468bc8409e10587916a, 6.18.55 and 1 moreCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Derive SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP from the core enqueue flags

schedule_deferred_locked() skips scheduling a deferred action while SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP is set and relies on the task_woken_scx() call that follows a wakeup enqueue to run it. enqueue_task_scx() sets the flag from the merged enqueue flags, which include the flags stashed for a remote activation. move_remote_task_to_local_dsq() thus sets SCX_RQ_IN_WAKEUP on the destination rq when the moved task was woken up, although no task_woken_scx() follows that activation.

An IMMED insert into a busy destination requests a local reenqueue during that enqueue. The request gets linked but not scheduled and stays pending until an unrelated wakeup or preemption on that CPU runs the deferred actions. The IMMED task sits behind the running task in the meantime. If nothing runs them before the scheduler is disabled, the request outlives the scheduler and points into its freed per-cpu area, which the next scheduler dereferences from run_deferred().

Test the core enqueue flags for the wakeup bit. Only the core's wakeup path is followed by task_woken_scx().

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 11

  • Linuxaffected: 997967adf10ce26c3e7bd89598b3ded62b943052 before 6c401ae426e20e53a3398a8e79afd0964c0f5110CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 57ccf5ccdc56954f2a91a7f66684fd31c566bde5 before 3fdf2ceb31e8aff77451e468bc8409e10587916aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 57ccf5ccdc56954f2a91a7f66684fd31c566bde5 before df5cdc2c832ca4e8a6d774596b9005558761a403CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: ee502c056c4c9cce4c132ccb588e06ffe5b831c1CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.18.19 before 6.18.55CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.19.9 before 6.20CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.0CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.55 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.9 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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