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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched_ext: Read scx_root under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem in cgroup setters scx_group_set_{weight,idle,bandwidth}() cache scx_root before acquiring scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem, so the pointer can be stale by the time the op runs. If the loaded scheduler is disabled and freed (via RCU work) and another is enabled between the naked load and the rwsem acquire, the reader sees scx_cgroup_enabled=true (the new scheduler's) but dereferences the freed one - UAF on SCX_HAS_OP(sch, ...) / SCX_CALL_OP(sch, ...). scx_cgroup_enabled is toggled only under scx_cgroup_ops_rwsem write (scx_cgroup_{init,exit}), so reading scx_root inside the rwsem read section correlates @sch with the enabled snapshot.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-28 | Updated 2026-05-30 | Assigner Linux




HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Product status

Default status
unaffected

a5bd6ba30b3364354269b81ac55c2edca9a96d6d (git) before ce9aaa3af445c391735c9d000c4db60dfd5640d4
affected

a5bd6ba30b3364354269b81ac55c2edca9a96d6d (git) before 0f54f6355575971673d8aac7da107ec4178e45bd
affected

a5bd6ba30b3364354269b81ac55c2edca9a96d6d (git) before 80afd4c84bc8f5e80145ce35279f5ce53f6043db
affected

Default status
affected

6.18
affected

Any version before 6.18
unaffected

6.18.32 (semver)
unaffected

7.0.7 (semver)
unaffected

7.1-rc2 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/ce9aaa3af445c391735c9d000c4db60dfd5640d4

git.kernel.org/...c/0f54f6355575971673d8aac7da107ec4178e45bd

git.kernel.org/...c/80afd4c84bc8f5e80145ce35279f5ce53f6043db

cve.org (CVE-2026-46154)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-46154)

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