Bug 2468235 (CVE-2026-43438) - CVE-2026-43438 kernel: sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()
Summary: CVE-2026-43438 kernel: sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_in...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43438
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-09 00:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:06:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Remove redundant css_put() in scx_cgroup_init()

The iterator css_for_each_descendant_pre() walks the cgroup hierarchy
under cgroup_lock(). It does not increment the reference counts on
yielded css structs.

According to the cgroup documentation, css_put() should only be used
to release a reference obtained via css_get() or css_tryget_online().
Since the iterator does not use either of these to acquire a reference,
calling css_put() in the error path of scx_cgroup_init() causes a
refcount underflow.

Remove the unbalanced css_put() to prevent a potential Use-After-Free
(UAF) vulnerability.


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