Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2025· Updated Jan 30, 2026
sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()
CVE-2025-68333
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Fix possible deadlock in the deferred_irq_workfn()
For PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, the deferred_irq_workfn() is executed in the per-cpu irq_work/* task context and not disable-irq, if the rq returned by container_of() is current CPU's rq, the following scenarios may occur:
lock(&rq->__lock);
lock(&rq->__lock);
This commit use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to replace init_irq_work() to initialize rq->scx.deferred_irq_work, make the deferred_irq_workfn() is always invoked in hard-irq context.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.