{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-90432", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.815Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-17T16:09:52.429Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:03:37.039Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:03:37.039Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched_ext: Abort directly from the hardlockup handler\n\nscx_hardlockup() defers the abort to an irq_work because exit claiming used\nto take scx_sched_lock and couldn't run from NMI. The deferral is now\nunnecessary - claiming is NMI-safe and asserting ->aborting is exactly what\nbreaks the live-locks that hard-lock CPUs. Call handle_lockup() directly and\ndrop the irq_work. This also makes the self-detected case recoverable: the\nperf watchdog fires on the hard-locked CPU itself, where a queued irq_work\nnever runs with IRQs off.\n\nAlso fix the return value: %true used to be returned whenever sched_ext was\nloaded, suppressing the kernel's hardlockup report even when the abort was\nrefused. Return %true only when this call initiated the abort." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/sched/ext/ext.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "bd2d76455b65aab77652823919db128a8e585825", "lessThan": "4d6270bbb4e083a4d2d39f3c36f30f5c939c06ed", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bd2d76455b65aab77652823919db128a8e585825", "lessThan": "3c4b38064937a761ebbf85b1649e812db85eb59e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/sched/ext/ext.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7.1", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "7.1", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6270bbb4e083a4d2d39f3c36f30f5c939c06ed" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4b38064937a761ebbf85b1649e812db85eb59e" } ], "title": "sched_ext: Abort directly from the hardlockup handler", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }