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Unscored CVE-2025-71142 EUVD-2026-2471GHSA-v6j2-j656-xqq8

cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition

Published Jan 14, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: 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-6.17 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-6.17 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-6.11 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-6.14 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-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition

A warning was triggered as follows:

WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1651 at remote_partition_disable+0xf7/0x110
RIP: 0010:remote_partition_disable+0xf7/0x110
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001947d88 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000007fff RBX: ffff888103b6e000 RCX: 0000000000006f40
RDX: 0000000000006f00 RSI: ffffc90001947da8 RDI: ffff888103b6e000
RBP: ffff888103b6e000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff88810b2e2728 R12: ffffc90001947da8
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90001947da8 R15: ffff8881081f1c00
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f55c8bbe0b2 CR3: 000000010b14c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
update_prstate+0x2d3/0x580
cpuset_partition_write+0x94/0xf0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x147/0x200
vfs_write+0x35d/0x500
ksys_write+0x66/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f55c8cd4887

Reproduction steps (on a 16-CPU machine):

# cd /sys/fs/cgroup/
# mkdir A1
# echo +cpuset > A1/cgroup.subtree_control
# echo "0-14" > A1/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
# mkdir A1/A2
# echo "0-14" > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
# echo "root" > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.partition
# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu15/online
# echo member > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.partition

When CPU 15 is offlined, subpartitions_cpus gets cleared because no CPUs
remain available for the top_cpuset, forcing partitions to share CPUs with
the top_cpuset. In this scenario, disabling the remote partition triggers
a warning stating that effective_xcpus is not a subset of
subpartitions_cpus. Partitions should be invalidated in this case to
inform users that the partition is now invalid(cpus are shared with
top_cpuset).

To fix this issue:
1. Only emit the warning only if subpartitions_cpus is not empty and the
effective_xcpus is not a subset of subpartitions_cpus.
2. During the CPU hotplug process, invalidate partitions if
subpartitions_cpus is empty.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.15 6.18.4

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
Debian 14 linux 6.18.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-29.29 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +1 6.17.0-1015.15 USN-8310-1, USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-gcp 6.17.0-1018.19 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-oracle 6.17.0-1014.14 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-raspi 6.17.0-1017.17 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1013.15 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-29.29.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-8310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1026.26 USN-8508-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1023.23 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 USN-8277-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-29.29.1~24.04.1 —
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-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1013.15~24.04.1 USN-8277-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7 SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20615-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7 SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7 SUSE-SU-2026:20555-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.26.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20570-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20555-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9 1-150700.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-syms-rt +1 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7 openSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.26.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek ELSA-2026-500374

Advisories 15

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