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Unscored CVE-2025-40163 EUVD-2025-124920GHSA-v7xp-46vw-cxcp

sched/deadline: Stop dl_server before CPU goes offline

Published Nov 12, 2025 · Updated Jun 1, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.17 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

sched/deadline: Stop dl_server before CPU goes offline

IBM CI tool reported kernel warning[1] when running a CPU removal
operation through drmgr[2]. i.e "drmgr -c cpu -r -q 1"

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c:219 cpudl_set+0x58/0x170
NIP [c0000000002b6ed8] cpudl_set+0x58/0x170
LR [c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0
Call Trace:
[c000000002c2f8c0] init_stack+0x78c0/0x8000 (unreliable)
[c0000000002b7cb8] dl_server_timer+0x168/0x2a0
[c00000000034df84] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1a4/0x390
[c00000000034f624] hrtimer_interrupt+0x124/0x300
[c00000000002a230] timer_interrupt+0x140/0x320

Git bisects to: commit 4ae8d9aa9f9d ("sched/deadline: Fix dl_server getting stuck")

This happens since:
- dl_server hrtimer gets enqueued close to cpu offline, when
kthread_park enqueues a fair task.
- CPU goes offline and drmgr removes it from cpu_present_mask.
- hrtimer fires and warning is hit.

Fix it by stopping the dl_server before CPU is marked dead.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8218e149-7718-4432-9312-f97297c352b9@linux.ibm.com/
[2]: https://github.com/ibm-power-utilities/powerpc-utils/tree/next/src/drmgr

[sshegde: wrote the changelog and tested it]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.17 6.17.5

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-14.14 USN-8029-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +2 6.17.0-1007.7 USN-8030-1, USN-8029-2
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure +1 6.17.0-1008.8 USN-8029-3, USN-8029-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1006.7 USN-8029-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-14.14.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 +1 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1008.8~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1011.11 USN-8048-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1006.7~24.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.37.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.37.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.37.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.37.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1

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