CVE-2026-68421 PUBLISHED

sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sched_ext: Don't warn on core-sched forced idle in put_prev_task_scx()

put_prev_task_scx() warns when a runnable task drops to a lower sched_class without SCX_OPS_ENQ_LAST, on the assumption that balance_one() would have kept it running. Core scheduling breaks that: a forced-idle SMT sibling reschedules through the core_pick fast path in pick_next_task(), which skips pick_task_scx() and thus balance_one(), so a runnable task can drop to idle with ENQ_LAST unset.

Gate the warning on sched_cpu_cookie_match(): a cookie mismatch means core scheduling forced the idle, while a match (or core scheduling off) still catches a genuine missing-ENQ_LAST drop.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7c65ae81ea86a6ed8086e1a5651acd766187f19b to 2907e9d0f05b506dfd58aec589a23042a56ef36b (excl.)
  • affected from 7c65ae81ea86a6ed8086e1a5651acd766187f19b to e2f188cdbf8312289532c36eb4e9eb1c9544d43a (excl.)
  • affected from 7c65ae81ea86a6ed8086e1a5651acd766187f19b to b7d9c359e5cf867f7eb23df3bb1c6b9e58af24da (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc4 to * (incl.)

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