CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99105

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel sched_ext scheduler, a task enqueued with SCX_ENQ_LAST that lands back on its CPU's local DSQ does not trigger rescheduling. The CPU idles with the task queued until an unrelated wakeup or watchdog fires, stalling exiting tasks.

Risk Assessment

Tasks can stall for tens of seconds (e.g., in exit_mmap()), causing application hangs and delayed process termination. The issue affects systems using sched_ext schedulers with SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that sets need_resched on the task being switched in when an SCX_ENQ_LAST enqueue left it on the local DSQ. Until patched, avoid SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST configurations without SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Fix stall when a task enqueued with SCX_ENQ_LAST lands back on its CPU's local DSQ With SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, the last runnable task on a CPU is passed to ops.enqueue() instead of being kept running. Exiting tasks without SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING, migration disabled tasks without SCX_OPS_ENQ_MIGRATION_DISABLED and tasks on an offline rq skip ops.enqueue() and go straight to the local DSQ. This happens in put_prev_task_scx() after the pick has settled on idle, so nothing reschedules the CPU, which idles with the task queued until an unrelated wakeup lands on it or the watchdog fires. scx_mitosis, which sets SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST without SCX_OPS_ENQ_EXITING, hit this during mass cgroup teardown: exiting tasks stuck in exit_mmap() for over 40 seconds. A task put on the local DSQ runs, as anywhere else. If the SCX_ENQ_LAST enqueue left the task on this CPU's local DSQ, set need_resched on the task being switched in, as proxy_resched_idle() does. resched_curr() would flag the task being put instead, and __schedule() clears that right after the pick.

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