Bug 2562653 (CVE-2026-99144)

Summary: CVE-2026-99144 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in sched_ext
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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 (extensible scheduler) component. A race condition during the destruction of a user dispatch queue allows a deferred task re-enqueue operation to access memory that has already been freed. A local user can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to cause a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 10:43:45 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Fix use-after-free of a destroyed user DSQ by a deferred reenqueue

A deferred reenqueue can read a freed user DSQ. The request stays on its
CPU's deferred list until run_deferred() takes it, and the RCU callback that
frees the DSQ assumes that the grace period has flushed it, so exit_dsq()
checks the per-CPU node without the deferred list lock. A grace period waits
for readers in flight, not for a pending run_deferred(). A run_deferred()
which starts after the grace period began can detach the request right
before the callback looks and then read the freed DSQ's id.

Cancel the pending requests before the grace period instead. The irq work
that frees the DSQ unlinks every CPU's request under the per-CPU deferred
list lock, and schedule_dsq_reenq() ignores a new request under the same
lock once the id is invalid. Only a run_deferred() that started before the
grace period can hold a request, and it runs with IRQs disabled, so the
grace period waits for it and nothing touches the DSQ after the callback.