Bug 2532093 (CVE-2026-89516)

Summary: CVE-2026-89516 kernel: sched_ext: Don't BUG_ON a destroyed DSQ in process_deferred_reenq_users
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `sched_ext` component. When a Deferred Scheduling Queue (DSQ) is destroyed, a pending deferred re-enqueue (DRU) operation might still attempt to access the destroyed DSQ. This can lead to a `BUG_ON` condition, causing a kernel panic and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:29:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Don't BUG_ON a destroyed DSQ in process_deferred_reenq_users

scx_bpf_dsq_reenq() queues a deferred reenq (dru) that runs from
run_deferred(), not ops.dispatch(). If the DSQ is destroyed before the dru
runs, process_deferred_reenq_users() sees dsq->id == SCX_DSQ_INVALID and
hits the BUG_ON. destroy_dsq() doesn't flush pending drus, so just skip.

tj: Read dsq->id once with READ_ONCE(). Reading it separately in the INVALID
    check and the BUG_ON would leave a window where destroy_dsq() can
    invalidate the id between the two reads and still trigger the BUG_ON.