Bug 2513445 (CVE-2026-68094) - CVE-2026-68094 kernel: sched_ext: Preserve rq tracking across local DSQ dispatch
Summary: CVE-2026-68094 kernel: sched_ext: Preserve rq tracking across local DSQ dispatch
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68094
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability-draft
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:37 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 12:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:37:45 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-11 12:07:13 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081050-CVE-2026-68094-dd0c@gregkh/T


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