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Unscored CVE-2026-68094 EUVD-2026-55475GHSA-2r8m-gp54-6g6c

sched_ext: Preserve rq tracking across local DSQ dispatch

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

sched_ext: Preserve rq tracking across local DSQ dispatch

dispatch_to_local_dsq() can run from scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local() while
ops.dispatch() has recorded the current rq. Moving a task to a local DSQ
may switch to the source or destination rq before synchronously invoking
ops.dequeue() through the following path:

SCX_CALL_OP(dispatch, rq)
ops.dispatch()
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local()
scx_flush_dispatch_buf()
finish_dispatch()
dispatch_to_local_dsq()
scx_dispatch_enqueue()
local_dsq_post_enq()
call_task_dequeue()
SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(dequeue, locked_rq, ...)

The nested callback saves the recorded rq and restores it on return. If
the rq tracking does not follow the lock switch, update_locked_rq() can
trigger the following lockdep assertion while restoring an rq which is
no longer held:

WARNING: kernel/sched/sched.h:1641 at call_task_dequeue+0x160/0x170
Call Trace:
scx_dispatch_enqueue+0x2b0/0x460
dispatch_to_local_dsq+0x138/0x230
scx_flush_dispatch_buf+0x1af/0x220
scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local___v2+0xe2/0x1c0
bpf__sched_ext_ops_dispatch+0x4b/0xa7
do_pick_task_scx+0x3b6/0x910
__pick_next_task+0x105/0x1f0
__schedule+0x3e7/0x1980

Introduce switch_rq_lock() to update the tracking state together with
each rq lock handoff. Use it in dispatch_to_local_dsq(),
move_remote_task_to_local_dsq() and the in-balance paths of
scx_dsq_move(), ensuring that scx_locked_rq() consistently refers to the
rq whose lock is actually held throughout the lock dance.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 7.1 7.1.6

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 7.1.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 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 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —

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